President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has received the President of South Africa, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA at the State House in Abuja.
The South African President who is accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business leaders is on a state visit expected to reinforce South Africa’s bilateral relations with Nigeria as well as strengthen partnerships directed at African development and cooperation in multilateral forums.
RAMAPHOSA’s visit to President BUHARI is coming hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
However, at the Aso Rock meeting, President BUHARI said he was glad that the 10th Session of Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission was holding on schedule despite all the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On his part, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, called for the reversal of travel restrictions placed on African countries over fears of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
