President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Thursday, leave Abuja for Bissau to attend ceremonies celebrating the National Day of the Republic of Guinea Bissau on September 24.
The President will join the Heads of State and Government of Senegal, Cote d’ Ivoire, Rwanda, Mauritania, Togo and Liberia to mark the 47th independence anniversary of Guinea Bissau.
In Bissau, President Buhari will also commission a road named in his honour by the host government.
Buhari and other invited Heads of State, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, will attend an official lunch hosted by President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau.
Nigeria and Guinea Bissau established diplomatic relations in 1974.
