Buhari lauds Obasanjo’s role in G/Bissau crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the role played in the resolution of the recent Guinea Bissau crisis by his special envoy, former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement yesterday, said Obasanjo was also adopted by ECOWAS as the regional body’s special envoy on the political dispute in Guinea-Bissau.

Adesina said Buhari thanked Obasanjo for a job well done and commended the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for its steadfast commitment to peace, security and progress in Guinea-Bissau and the entire West African region.

He said Buhari also commended President Jose Mario Vaz and the people of Guinea-Bissau for the peaceful resolution of the recent political crisis that left the country without a government for 37 days.

According to him, Buhari welcomed President Jose Mario Vaz’s acceptance of the solution to the recent political crisis proffered by Obasanjo and congratulated Mr. Carlos Correia on his emergence as the new Prime Minister of GuineaBissau.

He said Buhari urged President Vaz and Prime Minister Correia to work together harmoniously to move their country forward as envisaged by authors of the Guinea-Bissau constitution which split the executive arm of government into the Presidency and the Premiership.

Adesina said the president implored all stakeholders in the development and progress of Guinea-Bissau to desist from any further actions that could jeopardize the stability of the country and its democratic future.