Kofi Annan: Buhari react to death of former UN Secretary-General
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of the former United Nations, UN, Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Kofi Annan.
The 7th UN Secretary General died in a hospital in Bern, Switzerland in the early hours of Saturday.
Buhari’s condolence message was contained in a tweet on the Presidency’s official Twitter page.
”Buhari commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former United Nations @UN Secretary General, @KofiAnnan, in the early hours of Saturday 18th August, 2018,” the tweet read.
The statement added that Buhari had called President Nana Akufo-Addo from London, informing him that all Nigerians and ECOWAS member countries share in the deep loss, considering the strategic influence of the former scribe in global affairs and his vision for the repositioning of the West Africa and Africa.
