President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said Nigeria is ready to fill the natural gas shortage caused by the current Russian-Ukrainian war in Europe.

The President spoke about the country’s readiness in his statement on areas of cooperation between Nigeria and Portugal delivered at the Presidential Palace in Lisbon.

President Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, urged Portugal to consider Nigeria as a valued and trusted partner in Africa at a time the world was going through turbulent times.