Thursday, November 7, 2013

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO VISIT NIGERIAN CONTINGENT IN ECOWAS MISSION TO GUINEA-BISSAU

President Goodluck Jonathan will embark on a two-day diplomatic shuttle to Guinea-Bissau and Gambia tomorrow, Friday, November 8, 2013.

President Jonathan will, in continuation of his duties as Chairperson of the ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau, first fly to the country to meet with leaders of the Armed Forces of Guinea-Bissau and visit the Nigerian contingent in the ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau at Camp Bras, Bissau.

The President is also scheduled to participate in a programme at the National Peoples' Assembly and meet Nigerians resident in Guinea-Bissau before leaving the country on Friday evening for Banjul, Gambia where he will confer with President Yahya Jammeh on bilateral and multilateral issues.

President Jonathan who will be accompanied by the Minister of Information and Supervising Minister of Defence, Mr. Labaran Maku, the Minister of the FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed and the Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed will return to Abuja on Saturday.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
November 7, 2013
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