President Muhammadu
Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to Guinea Bissau to support the
country’s election process.
The Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed
this in a statement on Friday.
He explained that the
approval was in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government
of Guinea Bissau.
Shehu added that the
President supported the country with 350 units of electoral kits, 10
motorcycles, five Hilux vans, and two light trucks.
According to him, this
will ensure that legislative elections, which should help in stabilising Guinea
Bissau, hold in the country.
As Chairman of the ECOWAS
Authority of Heads of State, President Buhari directed the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to undertake an urgent mission as his Special Envoy
to Guinea Bissau.
Shehu said the minister
would visit the country in the company of ECOWAS Commission President,
Jean-Claude Brou.
In a separate
development, Mr Onyeama would undertake a mission to Cotonou, Benin Republic,
to deliver a personal message to President Patrice Talon from President Buhari.
The visit, according to
the presidential aide, is in the context of the brewing political crisis ahead
of the legislative elections scheduled to hold on April 28, 2019, in the
country.
Read the full statement
below:
In his capacity as
Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, President Muhammadu Buhari,
this morning, directed the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey
Onyeama to undertake an urgent mission as his Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau,
in the company of ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Brou.
President Buhari had in
response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau
graciously approved support to the country’s election process including three
hundred and fifty (350) units of electoral kits, ten(10) motorcycles, five(5)
Hilux vans, two(2) light trucks and Five hundred thousand US Dollars
($500,000).
This vital assistance
ensured that legislative elections held in Guinea Bissau, which should help in
stabilising the country.
In a separate
development, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister will also undertake a mission to
Cotonou, Benin, to deliver a personal message to President Patrice Talon from
President Buhari.
The visit is in the context of the brewing
political crisis ahead of April 28, 2019, legislative elections in the country.
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