Muhammed Buhari Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/muhammed-buhari/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Muhammed Buhari Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/muhammed-buhari/ 32 32 Zuma praises Nigeria’s leadership role https://jjcornish.com/2016/03/zuma-praises-nigerias-leadership-role/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/03/zuma-praises-nigerias-leadership-role/ President Jacob Zuma says South Africa and Nigeria have a leadership role to play to achieve peace and prosperity in Africa. Addressing a joint session of Nigeria parliament in Abuja, Zuma praises his host country’s democratic example in peacefully transferring power in 2015, and charting the way the entire continent of Africa needs to follow. […]

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]]> President Jacob Zuma says South Africa and Nigeria have a leadership role to play to achieve peace and prosperity in Africa.

Addressing a joint session of Nigeria parliament in Abuja, Zuma praises his host country’s democratic example in peacefully transferring power in 2015, and charting the way the entire continent of Africa needs to follow.

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President Jacob Zuma hails Nigeria’s long history of pan-African struggles, and offers his country’s help to Nigeria in the areas of solid minerals and power.

He applauds Nigeria’s frontline role in ending apartheid in South Africa.

He specially notes the role of former president Murtala Muhammed, in supporting struggle in South Africa.

Zumba says Murtala, killed in a coup d’état 40 years ago, helped the Angola attain independence in 1975.

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