President Patrice Talon Receives NAOSRE Grand Patron, Amb. Tukur Buratai In Benin Republic

The Grand Patron of the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, Ret’d, has resumed as Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.

 

 

 

News Rain Nigeria reports that the former Chief of Army Staff resumed on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

He was eminently and flamboyantly received, with full protocol, by Mr. Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary also used the occasion to present his letter of credence to President Patrice Talon in Cotonou, Benin Republic Capital.

President Patrice Talon who obviously exuded confided on the renewed and strengthened bilateral relationship with Nigeria following the appointment of Ambassador Buratai maintained that the economic growth and social harmony of both countries remain the primary focus, stressing that both countries have much to gain from each other.

Ambassador Buratai remarked that the existing bilateral relationship between both countries would henceforth enjoy the best of cooperation, saying that a better West Africa sub-region remains dear to the heart of President Muhammadu Buhari.

General Buratai took a bow from military service on Tuesday, 26 January, leaving Nigeria on a better anti-terrorism rating than he met it.

 

President Patrice Talon Receives NAOSRE Grand Patron, Amb. Tukur Buratai In Benin Republic

 

Thereafter, President Buhari nominated him for Ambassadorial assignment on Thursday, 4 February.

The Nigeria Senate confirmed the nomination on 23 February and a letter of credence was issued on Wednesday, 23 June by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Kwusike Onyeama.

In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday morning, NAOSRE President, Comrade Oyewale Femi congratulated Ambassador Buratai on his resumption in the Republic of Benin.

“On behalf of NAOSRE leaders and members, I congratulate our Grand Patron, Ambassador Tukur Yusufu Buratai on his grand resumption in Benin Republic.

“Our implicit confidence and trust in you since you accepted to be our Grand Patron on 11 March at a well-attended event at the Army Resource Centre, Asokoro, Abuja, has never waned.

“NAOSRE remains committed to a safer Nigeria through media interventions while we remain optimistic of your commitment to a better Nigeria, this time, from the diplomatic circle,” the statement reads.