The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said Nigeria
will consider a request by the Burundian government to provide energy,
especially in the form of fuel.
According to a statement titled, ‘President Buhari assures
Burundi of brotherly support’, signed by the Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari made the promise when he received
the Minister of Finance, Budget, and Economic Planning of Burundi, Audace
Niyonzima, at the State House, Abuja.
According to Adesina, Buhari assured Niyonzima that Nigeria
will support the Republic of Burundi in diverse ways as necessary, in the
spirit of African solidarity and brotherliness.
Delivering his country’s message to the President, the
Special Envoy of President Evariste Ndayishimiye wished the country well in general
elections scheduled for February and March, this year.
“We pray that the polls would be peaceful and successful so
that Nigeria would maintain her reputation as a bastion of peace and
stability,” Niyonzima said.
On request for assistance in the area of energy provision,
particularly fuel, by the Burundi leader, Buhari said he knows what it feels
like for a country to suffer from energy shortage, and promised that he would
get the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to look into the request.
The President said he was looking forward to the polls, and
retirement, since he had satisfied the constitutionally required two terms to
be in office.
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