President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja on Friday for Monroavia to
attend the activities marking Liberia’s 172nd independence anniversary.
Besides
being a special guest of honour, the Nigerian leader will receive the
West African country’s highest national honour, “The Grand Cordon of the
Knighthood of Venerable Order of the Pioneers.”
President Buhari
was accompanied by Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Abdulrahman
Abdulrazaq (Kwara) and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) as well as the Permanent
Secretary, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mustapha Sulaiman and
other top government officials.
A statement on Thursday by his
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam, Garba Shehu,
said the president is returning to the country today immediately after
the festivities.