The Gambian President, Mr. Adama Barrow,
has arrived in Abuja aboard the Nigerian presidential jet as guest of
the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja......
Barrow in a statement made available
yesterday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Federal
Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Cosmas Uzodinma, is expected to be the
guest speaker at the 26th graduation ceremony of the College on
Thursday.
The Gambian president would be expected
to dwell on the practice of democracy currently taking root across
Africa as well as the role of the military in the growth of democracy in
Africa.
Barrow was received on arrival by the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen.
Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali (rtd), and FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa
Bello.
According to Uzodinma, Barrow’s flight
touched down at exactly 1:07p.m. Nigerian local time at the presidential
wing, of the Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, traveling
en-route Togo where he had attended the recent ECOWAS meeting.
He said The Gambian president’s visit
would further deepen the friendship and brotherliness between Nigeria
and The Gambia as members of the ECOWAS especially as Anglophone West
Africa countries.
Uzodimma recalled that President Barrow
had visited Nigeria as Head of State in January during which he was
conferred with the honorary citizenship of the city of Abuja. He was
also here to thank Nigeria’s president for his role in Gambian’s
successful transition from the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh to a truly
democratic government.
The graduation ceremony which started on
July 27 with a Jum’at service will climax with a lecture to be
delivered by the visiting head of state.
Other programmes slated for the event
include an interdenominational Christian service as well as a dinner,
award night among others.
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