More
than 12 Heads of State arrived in Abuja yesterday ahead of today’s
centenary celebration, reports News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The
Heads of State include Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, Paul
Kagame of Rwanda, Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, and Prosper Bazombaza of
Burundi.
Others
are the President of Mauritania, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ethiopian
President, Mr Hailemarian Desalegh, and the European Union President, Mr
Jose Manuel Barroso, and President Helen Sirleaf of Liberia.
Meanwhile
the Zambian Minister of Defence, Mr Edgar Lungu, will represent the
Zambian President, Micheal Saata. Israel was also represented by its
Minister of Agriculture Mr Yair Shamir, and Salim Ahmed Salim, the
former Secretary General of OAU led the Tanzanian delegation.
The
dignitaries were received at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by some members of the Federal
Executive Council.
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