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Although top on the agenda of such audiences has always been to invite
Biya, one of Africa’s longest serving presidents to their inaugurals, public
affairs analysts opine that such audiences would hardly ignore talks on the
proceedings of the normalization of relations between Nigeria and Cameroon over
the territorial disputes on Bakassi.
However, since it is not a written law and coupled with the complete
handover of the oil rich peninsula to Cameroon, political analysts say the
Buhari is not under any obligation to follow the lane of his predecessors.
Yet, whether Buhari is received at Etoudi before his inaugural or not,
president Biya will undoubtedly be invited to his inaugural in Abuja come 29
May 2015. With controversy surrounding his (Biya) health situation, critics are
pessimistic about Biya’s physical presence in Abuja. Though government denied
allegations of Biya’s ill health as alleged by French daily newspaper, Le
Monde, pundits still hold that Biya’s long stay on a ‘short’ private stay in
Europe could have been orchestrated by ill health.
President Biya and wife, Chantal however returned home apparently
healthy and strong after their ‘short’ vacation in Europe.
In a congratulatory message to the Nigerian President-elect, Paul Biya
has wished Buhari success in the discharge of his duties at the helm of
Africa’s economic giant, promising they will work together.
“You maybe rest assured of my constant readiness to work with you
towards maintaining and consolidating the excellent multifarious relations
existing between Cameroon and Nigeria, as well as between our brotherly peoples”,
Paul Biya assured Buhari in an official telegram, also published on the website
of the Unity Palace.
By Ndi Eugene Ndi
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