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Garba Shehu Discusses The Importance Of Buhari’s Trip To Liberia

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26, President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Liberia. The journey demonstrates the value placed on Liberia’s security and well-being as well as that of the rest of West Africa.
Liberia, the oldest sovereign post-colonial African State, commemorates 175 years of self-rule on this day as part of a special independence anniversary. President Buhari is the event’s Special Guest of Honor and will make a speech.

The trip to Liberia comes at a time when political instability and the return of coups-d’état have upended two to three decades of democratic order in the sub-region.

Liberia, Sierra-Leone along with Nigeria are going into elections in 2023 and President Buhari is expected to emphasize to them the importance of free, fair and credible elections.

The President is expected to stress the importance of the respect for rule of law rule throughout the sub-region. Without rule of Law and constitutional rule, there cannot be security peace and development.

Peace and security of Liberia (and Sierra-Leone) is important to Nigeria given the enormous investments in men, material and resources expended by this country to secure the two states. Without the leadership of Nigeria in the context of ECOWAS to secure these two, there would not have been a Liberia on the map in its present configuration today.

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Bilaterally, Nigeria and Liberia may bring to the table issues of cross-border terrorism, bolstering defence and trade ties.

The warmth of the relationship and personal chemistry between President Buhari and George Weah of Liberia is no less significant and will play a key role in the events of tomorrow.

 

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