President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday played host to President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at the state house Abuja and,reiterated the importance of good neighbourliness, saying the survival of your neighbour is also your own, and vice-versa.
“Good neighbourliness is very important in our lives. The survival of your neighbour is also your own, and we will continue to work with our neighbours in the light of this understanding,” President Buhari stated.
He recalled that on assumption of office for first term in 2015, one of the very first steps he took was to visit neighbouring countries – Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin – all towards forging a common understanding on crucial issues, including security, trade and development.
“And those are issues we must continue to engage on, for the good of our countries and the people. Whatever irritations that come up must be removed,” President Buhari said.
President Talon disclosed that he was in Nigeria to show gratitude to President Buhari for the robust leadership he displays in Nigeria and Africa.
Noting that the challenges of 2020 were huge, he stressed that the same challenges may remain in 2021, “and our relationship as neighbours must, therefore, remain cordial.”
Robust leadership indeed...
ReplyDeleteGet the drift, he is actually saying the opposite. Thanking him for a bad job done so far.
DeleteAfrican leaders are the same, undemocratic
ReplyDeleteMy own is, how much did it cost?
ReplyDeletePresident left his country to come and collect envelope in Naija
Mtcheeeeeeew
ReplyDeleteBirds of the same feather
Dem no translate the French well
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