Real reason why President Buhari snubbed south-east summit
Contrary to media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari snubbed the recent South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu, below is the accurate account:
"The president was presented with a request to attend the Economic and Security Summit by Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.
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The president happily accepted. The visit to Enugu was scheduled for Thursday, December 22, as can be found on the weekly programme.
After this was done, some other stakeholders from the south east came and advised him not to go in view of the closeness of the date to Christmas.
Given the sensitivity of the period to the people, a presidential visit may come with overexertion and possibly, be disruptive of Christmas.
In view of this, President Buhari requested that the event be pushed forward to January 2017. Given his nature, he did not insist.
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He said if the change of date is not possible, then the event could go on without him.
That is what the organizers chose to do. The president did not, and he absolutely has no reason to snub anyone."
The official statement was provided by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity.
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