PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been conferred with the best nationwide honour of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
According to an announcement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President was conferred with the nationwide honour in Malabo on Monday for his private integrity, exemplary management model and braveness to struggle terrorism in an effort to guarantee peace and security in Africa.
The honour of “Gran Collar De La Orden De La Independencia” translated “Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence” was stated to have been conferred on Buhari by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea on the Presidential Palace.
At the investiture ceremony, Buhari reportedly stated the popularity was for the individuals of Nigeria who had labored tirelessly to maintain peace within the nation and throughout different neighbouring international locations in Africa.
“On behalf of my country, Nigeria, and the people, I will like to express profound gratitude for the honour given to me and my people. The reality of the situation now is that there had never been a time in history for greater neighbourliness, for security and economic stability than now,” he stated.
The President stated the challenges confronted by African international locations had a typical thread, and should be collectively appraised and collectively tackled by all of the African international locations.
Buhari assured the those that Nigeria would all the time help efforts of making certain socio-political and financial stability of its neighbours and your entire African continent.
Earlier in his remarks, Mbasogo stated it was an honour for his nation to confer the Highest National Honour on Buhari on his first go to to the nation.
“We are here to recognise the son of the soil. On this occasion, we deem it fit and appropriate to decorate the son of Africa for the great work he is doing in Africa, which includes tackling a great menace to the continent, Boko Haram, ” he stated.
The President pledged his nation’s help to Nigeria within the struggle in opposition to insurgency and different safety challenges.
