Gbenro Adesina
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
On alighting from the plane, the President was sighted with a face mask for the first time since the Coronavirus outbreak.
According to an earlier statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, Buhari’s planned visit followed the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The statement adds that President Buhari and the ECOWAS Chairman, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic had already agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
The two leaders are expected to be joined by the Host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire respectively.
President @MBuhari is in Bamako, Mali today, on an ECOWAS Peace Mission. #PMBinMali pic.twitter.com/m7TxtVseYw
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) July 23, 2020
