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       Obama Sends Delegation To Abuja For Nigeria’s Centenary
   DIR By: mr nad
       Date: February 26, 2014, 12:18 pm
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  HTML http://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/centimages.jpgU.S.<br
       />President Barack Obama has designated State Counsellor Thomas
       Shannon as the leader of a. presidential delegation to Nigeria’s
       centenary in Abuja.
       A statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the State Department
       said Shannon would meet with government officials and
       participate in high-level activities with other world leaders
       during the centenary.
       The U.S official, who is expected to deliver a message from
       Obama to Nigeria, would also travel to Lagos for discussions on
       a range of issues of mutual interest and interact with Nigerian
       youths.
       Meanwhile, Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss
       Confederation, has sent a letter of congratulations to President
       Goodluck Jonathan on the nation’s centenary.
       Burkhalter would be represented at the celebrations by the Swiss
       Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Hans-Rudolf Hodel.
       “May the ties of confidence and friendship which so happily
       exist between our two countries continue to flourish in the
       coming centenary,” the Swiss president wrote.
       The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a major highlight
       of the week-long activities include an international conference
       on peace and security in Africa on Thursday to be attended by
       several world leaders.
       The British colonial authorities had on Jan. 1, 1914 amalgamated
       what were then the separate protectorates of Southern Nigeria
       and Northern Nigeria.
       The amalgamation gave birth to the single geo-political entity
       known as Nigeria.
       According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, no fewer than 28 world
       leaders have indicated their interest to attend the celebrations
       in Abuja.
       The celebrations will also feature the conferment of honours on
       100 Nigerians, with about 40 per cent of the awards to be
       presented posthumously. [NAN]
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