Buhari Jets To Liberia Friday

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday leave Nigeria for Monrovia, the Liberian capital to attend the country’s 172nd Independence Anniversary Celebrations.

This was contained in a statement released by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

The statement said Buhari, apart from being the special guest of honour at the event, would also receive the Republic of Liberia’s highest national honour, ‘The Grand Cordon of the Knighthood of Venerable Order of the Pioneers.’

“The award is presented by the government for outstanding and distinguished service in international affairs, government, religion, art, science or commerce, and also for singular acts of philanthropy and deeds of heroism and valour,” the statement added.

The President will be accompanied by Governors Kayode Fayemi, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and Mai Mala Buni of Ekiti, Kwara and Yobe States respectively, as well as the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mustapha Sulaiman, and other top government officials.

He will be back in the country same Friday.