Bola Ahmed TinubuThe United States, the United Kingdom, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries have formally presented their goodwill messages and letters of support and solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The letters were presented today, May 29, to the President by the special envoys and heads of missions of the countries after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria.
Other countries are Japan, Brazil, South Korea, Israel, Cape Verde, Somalia and Nicaragua.
The new UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, presented letters from British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, King Charles and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
The US delegation, led by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge, had a brief bilateral discussion with President Tinubu.
Also, the South Korean delegation had bilateral discussions with Tinubu.
Delivering a letter of invitation from South Korean, President Yoon Suk Yeol for Tinubu to visit that country soon, the delegation also sought increase relations between the two countries.
The Saudi Arabian delegation delivered a goodwill message from the Saudi Royal House to the Nigerian president.
A special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida extended a hand of support and fellowship to the new Nigerian leader.
In the same vein, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a delegation which met with Tinubu and expressed willingness to work with the country in the area of fin-tech.
Others who met with President Tinubu and pledged cooperation with Nigeria included delegations from Brazil, Somali, Cape Verde and Nicaragua.
