{"id":39496,"date":"2019-06-13T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-attends-the-inauguration-of-nigeria-s\/"},"modified":"2019-06-17T10:08:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T10:08:24","slug":"kagame-attends-the-inauguration-of-nigeria-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-attends-the-inauguration-of-nigeria-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame attends the inauguration of Nigeria\u2019s counterpart, Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Kagame began a two-day working visit in Nigeria on Tuesday following his visit to Gabon where he met his counterpart Ali Bongo who is recovering from stroke. <\/p>\n<p>As he arrived to Nigeria on 11th June 2019 one day before the inauguration of Buhari, President Kagame attended an International Anti-Corruption Summit where he delivered a talk on Rwanda\u2019s anti-corruption efforts that made it the third least corrupt African country over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugurated President Buhari, 76, was re-elected in February 2019 for four-year tenure.<br \/>\nThe inauguration was also attended by different African Heads of State and Governments including Rwanda\u2019s President Paul Kagame; Mauritania President , Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz; the Chairperson of African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat; Liberia President, George Manneh Weah; Congo Brazaville President, Denis Sassou Nguesso; the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo; Senegal President, Macky Sall; Adama Barrow of Gambia; Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger; Jos\u00e9 M\u00e1rio G\u00f3mes Vaz of Guinea-Bissau; Patrice Talon of B\u00e9nin and Uganda\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria took his oath of office for a second term on 29th May 2019. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, the ceremony was celebrated ordinarily on the request of the president who wanted great celebrations for the inauguration to be held concurrently with Nigeria\u2019s National Democracy Day celebrated on 12th June. <\/p>\n<p>Buhari was announced winner of the election having secured 15,191,847 votes against main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar\u2019s 11,262,978 votes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO: President Kagame at the National Democracy Day in Nigeria. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/idVpusrcCP\">pic.twitter.com\/idVpusrcCP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrugwiroVillage\/status\/1138848043422355456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29695 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-2613-869d7.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame has attended the inauguration of Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29696 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-2426-bb865.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29697 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1112-0c3d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29698 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-2061-8c49c.jpg\" alt=\"President Muhammadu Buhari arriving at the Eagle Square in Abuja\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29699 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-1696-ebb3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29700 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-1436-7fc60.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29701 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-1245-d4908.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29702 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/7-1097-78f7e.jpg\" alt=\"This coincided with National Democracy Day celebrated and was celebrated by all\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29703 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-958-18fc2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29704 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/9-866-7c143.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29705 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-808-3b4e9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29706 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/11-780-8a8b8.jpg\" alt=\"The inauguration was also attended by different African Heads of State and Governments\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29707 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/12-657-6a87c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29708 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1111-23-0e64a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has attended the inauguration of Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari that coincided with National Democracy Day celebrated this Wednesday at Eagle Square in 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