– ‘We won’t respond to Trump’
Nigerian President is now toast of world leasers contrary to what happened in the past when they did not want anything to do with Nigerian leaders, the Presidency said Saturday.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an interview shortly after Buhari and members of his entourage arrived Beijing, China for the 7th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation scheduled to hold between September 3 and 4.
He said world leaders’ good disposition towards Buhari was an indication that there is something about the President and about the country he leads that the world likes.
Garba also reiterated the Presidency’s position that it would not respond to a statement credited to the United States President Donald Trump that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was “lifeless.”
He said: “You know that as a policy, we said that we are not going to answer the American President, however, the fact that the entire world and world leaders are queuing up to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, is an indication that there is something about President Buhari, there is something about Nigeria he now leads, that the world likes.
“I think that Nigerians themselves should better look at this from this positive point of view, is a major development.
“We had situations in the country in the past where key world leaders didn’t want to meet our own leaders, all of that has changed in the last three years.”
Punch
