According to reports, Embaló was able to strengthen the friendship between the two nations as a result of the visit.
According to the Special Adviser to the President for Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake, Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló expressed his support for President Bola Tinubu on Saturday during a visit to Tinubu’s home in Ikoyi, Lagos.
“He came to pay his solidarity and bond with a brother African Head of State, in the first instance, and in particular as a brother Head of State in West Africa,” Alake said.
The adviser to the president also mentioned that Embaló, who is the head of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, was able to strengthen ties between the two nations during his visit.
According to a statement by the State House Director on Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye, Alake addressed State House Correspondents shortly after the two leaders met in private at Tinubu’s home.
He informed the media that despite the visit’s private character, President Embaló used the occasion to emphasize his support for and readiness to work with Nigeria under the leadership of President Tinubu.
According to Alake, “President Embaló applauded the commendable policy measures of President Tinubu in the past month and noted that everyone in the world community has been praising the Nigerian leader’s enormous advances.
See the full statement below:
State House Press Release
AFRICAN ISSUES: PRESIDENT TINUBU IS READY TO TAKE UP GAUNTLET, SAYS DELE ALAKE
President Bola Tinubu recognizes that Nigeria is being looked upon for leadership, and he is prepared to step up to the challenge.
Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to the President, Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, made this known to State House Correspondents on Saturday following the visit of President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of the Republic of Guinea Bissau to President Tinubu at his Ikoyi, Lagos, residence.
Alake told reporters that while the visit was of a private nature, President Embaló took the opportunity to express his solidarity and willingness to cooperate with Nigeria under the leadership of President Tinubu.
He also highlighted that the visit allowed Embaló, who is currently the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, to reinforce the fraternal relations between the two countries.
“President Embalo commended the laudable policy initiatives of President Tinubu in the last month and added that everyone in the international community has been commending the giant strides of the Nigerian leader.
“He came to pay his solidarity and bond with a brother African Head of State, in the first instance, and in particular as a brother Head of State in West Africa.
“This is a very commendable sign of things to come in the entire West African region in terms of the atmosphere being generated by Nigeria’s giant steps in the last month and the need for Nigeria to take its rightful place in African affairs.
“Everybody is looking up to Nigeria, especially in Africa and the ECOWAS region, and President Tinubu is ready to take up the gauntlet,” he added.
On the entourage of the visiting Bissau-Guinean leader were his Special Adviser Caramo Camara, Chief of Staff Califa Soares, Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Alfredo Cabral, and Image Operator Bonifacio Correia.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who had earlier received the visiting President at the Presidential Wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Dele Alake were also present during the visit.
Abiodun Oladunjoye
Director, Information
July 1, 2023
