Guinea Bissau polls: Buhari approves donation of $500,000, electoral kits

In his capacity as chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Geoffrey Onyeama to undertake an urgent mission as his Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau, in the company of ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Brou.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, in Abuja Friday. 

The statement said the president had in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau approved support to the country’s election process including $500,000, 350 units of electoral kits, 10 motorcycles, five Hilux vans and two light trucks and. 

“This vital assistance ensured that legislative elections  held in Guinea Bissau, which should help in stabilising the country,” the statement said. 

In a separate development, the Foreign Affairs Mr Geoffrey Onyeama would also undertake a mission to Cotonou, Benin, to deliver a personal message to President Patrice Talon from his Nigerian counterpart.

The visit is in the context of the brewing political crisis ahead of April 28, 2019 legislative elections in the country.

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