The Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr. Mahaman Lamine Ali Zeine made this announcement during a press briefing that he hosted in the press room of Diori Hamani international airport in Niamey on his return, this Saturday, June 1, 2024, from Nairobi in Kenya where he took part in the work of the annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
In a presentation to the press, Prime Minister Zeine first recalled that ‘the annual meetings are very large meetings which allow all investors and institutions, both bilateral and multilateral, and all countries obviously to take part in it.’
»I have just arrived from the annual meetings of the ADB, and to tell you that our country was validly represented at this great meeting and what should be broadly remembered at the end of this mission, we can say to this day that our country has fully summarized its cooperation with the entire international community, and this is the place to thank all those who contributed to it,’ indicated the Prime Mi
nister who noted that ‘despite the modesty of our means, we have able to cope with the clearance of arrears which constituted an obstacle for most of these institutions.
In response to a statement by the Beninese President referring to the refusal of the high authorities of Niger to receive his Minister who was on mission to Niger on the question of oil, Mr. Lamine Ali Zeine declared that “with regard to Benin, we We followed a conference where we drew 3 essential points including the refusal by President Tiani to receive the Beninese minister in charge of mines, bearer of a message.
For this case, specified Prime Minister Zeine, “the Beninese official was received by his Nigerien counterpart and that the Head of State, General Abdourahmane Tiani was not able to receive him due to a security meeting” while noting that Head of State Tiani nevertheless ordered the Minister of Health, who is also a member of the CNSP, to receive the message.
As for the second point, the Beninese president affirmed that ‘if th
e Nigerien borders remain closed, nothing could be done (the message addressed to the Nigerien president).
On the third and final point, Prime Minister Zeine points out that in this intervention, the Beninese President did not take into account the dismissal of our representatives to the port.
‘We have inspectors who were there, but the Beninese police were responsible for driving them out of the port,’ underlined the Nigerien Prime Minister.
Note that this press briefing took place in the presence of the Minister of Youth and Sports and the Minister for Finance.
Source: Burkina Information Agency