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Nigeria: Buhari commends Nigerians for living peacefully with host communities abroad

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday commended Nigerians residing in foreign countries for living peacefully with their host communities.

 

President Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, told a delegation of Nigerians in Diaspora, under the Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN) banner and led by its National President, Comrade Jasper Emenike, that Nigerians in Diaspora should always “bear in mind the sensitivities of their host communities” and forge harmonious relationships.

 

Expressing delight at the visit by members of the Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria, President Buhari also lauded their choice of name and “for flying high the green-white-green flag.”

 

He also commended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigeria Diaspora Commission for positively interfacing with the members of the Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria in particular, and Nigerians living abroad in general.

 

Earlier, Comrade Emenike, who described his organisation as “a Pan-Nigerian non-governmental and non-profit group", had congratulated President Buhari on his re-election and successful inauguration.

 

He said his members were on a “thank you, solidarity visit”  to “formally convey our heartfelt appreciation to Mr President and Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on your swift intervention leading to the reopening of over 400 Nigerian Traders’ Shops in Ghana last October by the host government, over some trade policy disputes arising from the enforcement of the Ghana Local Investment Promotion Act in clear violation of the letters and spirit of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocols.”

 

According to Comrade Emenike, the President’s intervention was a “loud demonstration” of his sense of leadership, character and commitment to the principles of ECOWAS regional integration.

 

He also applauded the anti-corruption campaign of the current administration, while pledging his organisation’s commitment towards grassroots mobilisation and support.

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