Buhari Receives Guinea Bissau Highest Honours, Major Road Named After Him

Buhari Receives Guinea Bissau Highest Honours, Major Road Named After Him

  • For his contributions to the political stability in Guinea Bissau, Buhari has been decorated with the country’s highest honour
  • Also, the country has also named an avenue after the Nigerian president following his disposition towards the African country
  • Meanwhile, Buhari has reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria to work with Guinea Bissau and other countries towards sustaining and strengthening democracy

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President Buhari has received the Highest National Honors Award of Guinea Bissau. He also inaugurated a major road named after him in the State capital while on state visit.

This was disclosed in a statement by Garba Shehu who said the recognition is the country’s highest honour.

An avenue was also named after Buhari in Guinea-Bissau.

Buhari honoured by Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau has honoured President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo credit: Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Source: Twitter

Umaro Sissolo Embalo, president of Guinea-Bissau, also shared pictures of his meeting with Buhari.

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Embalo tweeted in French:

“It is with great honour and immense pleasure that I received today the President @MBuhari for an official visit to Bissau. In recognition of his leadership, the President @MBuhari was decorated with the highest distinction and an avenue was inaugurated in his name."

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In another report, President Buhari has presented the former chief of army staff, Lt Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (CFR), with special recognition for his outstanding service to the military.

The ex-army chief received the award on Monday, December 5, at the 2022 edition of the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Sokoto.

The former ambassador of Nigeria to the Republic of Benin was honoured alongside other prominent Nigerians at the event.

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Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has disclosed that he was the most investigated governor in Nigeria and that nothing incriminating was found.

The APC flagbearer also described those spreading different speculations about his wealth as being envious while asking the interviewer if he had access to his account. Tinubu, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, also boasted that he is the most qualified presidential candidate among others in the 2023 election.

The presidential hopeful expressed confidence that if the election were free and fair, he would emerge as the winner, which is why he had been getting many arrows from the opposition.

The APC flagbearer added that his priority would be security and economic recovery, accelerating Nigerians to get employment and bringing down inflation.

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