President Buhari Travels Out Of Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, September 24 (today), depart Abuja, Nigeria for Bissau to attend ceremonies celebrating the National Day of the Republic of Guinea Bissau.
According to a statement on Wednesday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Buhari will join the Heads of State and Government of Senegal, Cote d’ Ivoire, Rwanda, Mauritania, Togo and Liberia to mark the 47th independence anniversary of Guinea Bissau.
The statement added that while “in Bissau, President Buhari will also commission a road named in his honour by the host government.”
“The Nigerian leader and other invited Heads of State will attend an official lunch hosted by President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau.”
The President will be accompanied by top government officials including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd), the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) and the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.
