President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to political leaders in Guinea Bissau to embrace unity and avoid any act that could plunge the nation into further crisis.
Speaking while receiving the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Guinea Bissau, Mr. Modibo Toure, at the State House on Monday, President Buhari decried the lingering political crisis in the West African country.
Buhari advised the people to accept responsibility for leadership to stabilize the country, adding that it is only the country’s political leaders, not outsiders that can effectively resolve the political crisis.
President Buhari said that Nigeria would welcome increased support from ECOWAS and the United Nations to stabilize the country and prevent breakdown of law and order.
He said that Nigeria had a responsibility to the region and the rest of Africa and assured: “we will not shirk on our responsibility, in spite of the hardship confronting us.”
The UN representative, Modibbo Toure, had requested Nigeria to use its clout in ECOWAS to break the deadlock in the country.
He warned that Guinea Bissau is facing a very grim future if the country continues without a functioning government. [myad0]
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