President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, met separately behind closed doors with a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Ayaoku; and a former presidential aspirant, Chief Dele Momodu.
The meetings, said to be “strictly private,” were held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Anyaoku told State House correspondents that his meeting with the President centred on international affairs, including Buhari’s visit to the United States on the invitation of President Barak Obama on July 20.
He said they also discussed some national and domestic issues.
Anyaoku said, “I put at his disposal the benefits of my long experience in governance with Heads of Governments of 54-member countries of the Commonwealth and also other internal affairs issues.
“I can say that I talked to a President who is very determined to effect a real change in the circumstances of our country and very determined too to bring to bear on his administration the generally perceived attributes of his character, which I believe many Nigerians would support.
“I believe that before he became President, he was known as somebody who has a very strong passion for anti-corruption. I believe that he is determined to fight corruption and he would go a long way in doing so. Corruption is a very endemic issue in our society and I am quite impressed by his determination to do something about it.”
On his own part, Momodu said he advised the President to give women a place in his government, saying they are compatible with the President’s anti-corruption stance because they have fewer needs than men.
“We discussed different issues affecting our country and I gave him my idea as a publisher, journalist, a columnist and the way forward for Nigeria,” he said.
Momodu added, “We spoke about security and the efforts he is making, we spoke about anti-corruption crusade and I must say today he reassured me that not only does he know what he is doing, he is determined to make Nigeria work.”
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