President Muhammadu Buhari has been bestowed with “honourary indigeneship” of Ogun State.
The President is from Katsina State.
“It is also with a sense of responsibility that I receive and cherish the honourary indigeneship bestowed on me as symbolised by the presentation of the key to the Gateway State by Governor Dapo Abiodun.
“I will leave Ogun State with fond memories and look forward to enjoying the privilege of my honourary indigeneship.” The President said on Thursday.
Buhari was in the state on Thursday to inaugurate five key projects.
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The president thanked the residents of the state for the warm reception accorded him and his entourage in the Gateway State, “which is my first visit to any state in the New Year.
“This welcome by the large crowd brings back the nostalgia of my first arrival on this soil as a young infantry officer in the Nigerian Army at the then Lafenwa Barracks in Abeokuta, not long after independence.
“The traditional hospitality of the people of this state has not waned a bit. Today, I am ‘Omowale’ and very happy at this homecoming to meet my brothers and sisters whose goodwill I have always enjoyed. Thank you.”
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