Presidency: Tinubu Meets Ex-South African President, Details Emerge
- The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, has continued to receive dignitaries across the country and the African continent
- Tinubu on Thursday hosted former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, the head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Nigeria
- Mbeki urged the president-elect to see the African continent as his compass as soon as he resumed office as Nigeria's president
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FCT, Abuja - Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has started receiving dignitaries in the country as well as at the international level.
The latest prominent figure that visited the president-elect from the international community is the former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, the head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Nigeria.
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African leaders that have visited Tinubu since he became President-Elect
In a statement sent to Legit.ng on Friday, March 3, by Tinubu media group, the ex-South African president urged Nigeria's President-Elect not to forget the African continent as soon as he was sworn in.
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The statement revealed that Mbeki visited Tinubu in his Abuja residence on Thursday, March 3, of the completion of the Commonwealth Observer Mission.
He added that the just concluded 2023 presidential election was credible and fair, urging the president-elect to make the African continent his compass when he resumed office as Nigeria's president.
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He said:
"Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a big economy. Whatever happens here sets the pace for the rest of Africa.
"We need a strong Nigerian presidency that will also focus on the African region." he said.
On his part, Tinubu assured the former South-African president that he would be committed to economic development and African integration. The president-elect then promised to work with African leaders, including Mbeki, in this direction.
Tinubu begins to receive presidential treatment, first step revealed
Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the elected president in the just concluded 2023 presidential election, will be moved to the Defence House in Maitama, FCT, today, Thursday.
The president-elect would be at the Defence House and start receiving briefings as the president till May 29, when he will be sworn-in.
APC presidential campaign council disclosed the development in a tweet on Thursday, the day after Tinubu was declared the winner of the poll.
Source: Legit.ng
