August 20, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level delegation to be led by his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, to Kano State.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the delegation is going ahead of Buhari’s visit to Kano for the marriage of his son, Yusuf, to Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State on Friday.
The Presidential delegation, the statement said, includes the Ministers of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika and Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Hussein Adamu and the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu.
The statement added that the Presidential delegation will stay back after the wedding, to represent the President at the coronation of the Emir at Bichi the following day, Saturday, 21st August 2021.