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Details Of Tony Blair’s Meeting With President-Elect Tinubu Surface

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May 24, 2023.

The details of the meeting between Tony Blair and President-elect Tinubu have been revealed.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that fresh details have emerged regarding the meeting between Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and President-elect Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu With Tony Blair

This news platform had reported that Blair arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday and met with Tinubu at the Defence House in Abuja.

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Revealing the purpose of the visitation, Tinubu said the visit was to discuss mutual interests between Nigeria and the Tony Blair Institute for Good Governance, an institute owned by the former UK Prime Minister.

Tinubu made this known in a statement on his official Twitter account (@OfficialBAT).
He tweeted, “I received former British Prime Minister and founder of the Tony Blair Institute for Good Governance, Mr Tony Blair, at the Defence House, Abuja, earlier today.

“We discussed areas of mutual interest and how Nigeria can continue to benefit from the amazing work of the Institute.”

The former Lagos State governor will be sworn in as the 16th President of Nigeria on May 29 at Eagle Square, Abuja.

Also expected at the nation’s seventh transition ceremony are past presidents, diplomats, heads of international organisations, prominent Nigerians, and representatives of foreign governments and agencies.

The inauguration programmes will begin on Thursday with the investiture of Tinubu as Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic and the Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima, as Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger.