Several countries, on Monday, presented goodwill messages
and letters of support to President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in
Abuja.
In a statement issued by Tunde Rahman, an aide to Tinubu,
the countries included the United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, Japan,
Brazil, South Korea, Israel, Cape Verde, Somalia and Nicaragua.
The letters were presented to Tinubu by the countries’
special envoys and heads of missions.
Richard Montgomery, the UK high commissioner to Nigeria,
presented letters from Rishi Sunak, British prime minister; King Charles III,
and Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The US delegation led by Marcia Fudge, secretary of housing
and urban development, also congratulated Tinubu and had a brief bilateral
discussion with him.
Similarly, the South Korean delegation delivered a letter of
invitation from President Yoon Suk Yeol to Tinubu, inviting him to visit the
country soon. The delegation also had discussions with the president, seeking
to increase bilateral ties between the two countries.
The Saudi Arabian delegation delivered a goodwill message
from the Saudi Royal House to the Nigerian president.
A special envoy of Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime
minister, equally paid a visit to Tinubu and extended a hand of support and
fellowship.
In the same vein, a representative of Benjamin Netanyahu,
Israeli prime minister, met with Tinubu and expressed willingness to work with
Nigeria in the area of fintech.
Tinubu was sworn in on Monday as the 16th democratically
elected president of Nigeria.
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