President
Buhari congratulates German Chancellor, Angela Merkel
President
Muhammadu Buhari has sent congratulatory message to the German Chancellor,
Angela Merkel, on her election victory.
President
Buhari felicitated with Merkel in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday.
He also
congratulated Merkel’s party for offering quality leadership to the European
nation since the past two years, describing the victory as another opportunity
to sustain the legacy of good work.
The
president recalled his interactions with Merkel over the years, especially at
the G8 meeting in 2015 and during his visit to Germany in 2016.
Buhari said
he came out after each of the meetings with a strong impression of Merkel as a
leader committed to building stronger ties across the world.
The Nigerian
leader wished the German chancellor a successful tenure.
Merkel’s
conservative Christian Union (UDU/CSU) bloc scored 32.9 percent of the votes
cast at the election held on September 24, to clinch a record fourth term in
office.
Political
analysts say that Merkel’s party now has to build an uneasy coalition with its
nearest rival, the Social Democrats and its candidate, Martin Schulz, coming a
distant second with 20.8 percent of the votes.
They argue,
however, that Merkel’s victory is clouded by the hard-right AfD party, winning
its first seats in the German parliament.
Source: (
NAN )
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