President Muhammadu Buhari will Thursday depart Abuja for Bissau to attend ceremonies celebrating the National Day of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, September 24.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, said President 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.
Adesina said, “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.
Nigeria and Guinea Bissau established diplomatic relations in 1974.”
President Buhari had in response to a request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau, during its last legislative elections, donated $500,000 dollars, 17 vehicles and 350 electoral kits to support the country’s electoral process.
The President, according to the presidential spokesman, 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.
President Buhari is expected back in Abuja at the end of the ceremonies on Thursday.
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