Buhari Departs for Mauritania, to receive ‘Peace Award’

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Abuja for Nouakchott today to receive the African award for strengthening peace in the Mauritanian capital on Tuesday.

In a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the award is for the president’s leadership role in promoting peace on the continent.

Adesina notes that the award will be presented to President Buhari by the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum, which is an assembly of leaders established in 2014 to pursue new ways to embrace inclusive citizenship, promote lasting peace.

The presidential aide says Buhari will also deliver a speech on milestones and gains in the African peace process in the third forum programme.

The president will be accompanied on the trip by minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; minister of defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd); national security adviser, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Monguno (retd); and director general of the national intelligence agency, Amb. Ahmed Abubakar.