The Senior Special Assistant to
President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri –Erewa
has finally addressed reports faulting Garba Shehu’s statement that Buhari was
the first African president to visit Donald Trump at the White house.
Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, had claimed that the president’s
visit to Trump will be the first from an “African head of government.”
He had said in a statement: “He
(Buhari) is the first African head of government to visit the Trump White House
and this is a pointer to two important things. One is, no matter how Nigerians
take our own country, this is hugely an important country and this recognition
is being manifested in this visit.
However, his statement was
countered by the former presidential aide, Reno Omokri who argued that Trump
had hosted Egyptian President, Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi at the White House.
Dabiri, reacting to the
controversies surrounding the statement online said Buhari is the first
president from Sub-Sahara Africa.
On her Twitter page, she wrote
“For the records. Not that it matters. Out of 54 countries, 48 are classified
as being in sub-Saharan Africa. Egypt, Djibouti etc are NOT.
“PMB is first President from
sub-Saharan Africa to visit White-house under Trump. Not a big deal at all but
facts are sacred.”
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Abike Dabiri Erewa, you should apologize for the misinformation that Garba Shehu gave rather than attempt to explain it away. That's what people from the civilized world would do. Garba Shehu goofed, that's it. Advise him to be sure of whatever he wishes to say next time around. Reno Omokri is correct .
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