President Bola Tinubu would lead the changes on the local and foreign scenes as the rest of Africa looked up to Nigeria.
Tinubu’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, disclosed this on Saturday in Lagos, in a statement signed by the Director of Information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye.
“Everybody is looking up to Nigeria, especially in Africa and the ECOWAS region and President Tinubu is ready to take up the gauntlet,” Alake told State House Correspondents when Tinubu played host to President Umaro Embaló of Guinea Bissau who visited the President at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos.
In the statement released on Saturday titled ‘African Issues: President Tinubu ready to take up gauntlet, says Alake said Tinubu recognised that other African nations were taking cues from Nigeria in terms of leadership, adding that the President was prepared to step up to the challenge of providing a befitting example.
Alake said President Embaló expressed his solidarity and willingness to cooperate with Nigeria under the leadership of Tinubu.
Saturday’s visit also allowed Embaló, who is currently the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, to reinforce the fraternal relations between the two countries, Alake revealed.
President Embaló upheld the laudable policy initiatives of President Tinubu in the last one month, saying the international community had been commending the giant strides of the Nigerian leader.
Alake described the engagement as a “commendable sign of things to come in the entire West African region”.
He said the show of support stems from President Tinubu’s “giant steps in the last one month” which, he said, had created a suitable atmosphere and the need for Nigeria to take its rightful place in African affairs.
“Everybody is looking up to Nigeria, especially in Africa and the ECOWAS region and President Tinubu is ready to take up the gauntlet,” Alake said.
