Buhari leaves for Addis Ababa Sunday to attend Ethiopian PM’s inauguration

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Saturday, October 2nd, 2021

By Deji Elumoye

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday attend the inauguration of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa for a second five-year term in office.

According to a release issued on Saturday by the President’s Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, the President, who will depart Abuja for the Ethiopian capital on Sunday, will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.

President Buhari is scheduled to deliver a goodwill message at the inauguration ceremony, after which he will attend a State Banquet in honour of visiting Heads of State and Government.
He is expected back in Abuja on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Ahmed secured another term in office following the victory of Ethiopia’s governing Prosperity Party in the country’s parliamentary election of June 21.
Earlier in his congratulatory message to the Prime Minister, President Buhari had assured that Nigeria will continue to support the unity and territorial well-being of Ethiopia and all African States.

‘‘On behalf of the Nigerian people, I send you and the people of Ethiopia our well wishes for your courage and commitment to the democratic process and urge you to continue with the good policies of your government that endeared you to the people,’’ the President had said in the congratulatory message to the re-elected Prime Minister.

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