President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday in Abuja, said all efforts to achieve political stability and maintain peace in Africa would continue to receive Nigeria’s full support.
Speaking at an audience with special envoys of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, Buhari said under his leadership, “Nigeria will remain at the forefront of efforts to achieve enduring peace, security and progress in all African nations.”
According to a statement by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the President on media, the President said this was because whatever happened elsewhere in Africa affected Nigeria directly or indirectly.
African leaders must all do their best to achieve greater peace, political stability and security within their countries so that they can give more attention to the urgent task of improving the living conditions of their people, President Buhari said.
Thanking the envoys, Evariste Ndayishimiye and Dieudonne Kwizera, for briefing him on recent political developments in Burundi, Buhari expressed the hope that all stakeholders in the country would resolve their differences peacefully and learn to work together for the development of their country.
He welcomed ongoing efforts by President Nkurunziza towards peace and national reconciliation in Burundi.
