Buhari hosts governors and other dignitaries in Katsina (photo credit: State House)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the governors of Ogun and Plateau as well as former Abia governor Orji Kalu on Sallah homage in Daura, Katsina state.
Governors Ibikunle Amosun and his Plateau counterpart, Simon Lalong, with Kalu met with the president separately behind closed doors.
And speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Amosun said he was in Daura to greet the President in the spirit of the Sallah celebration.
He said: “It is just part of what we should do during celebration like this – to come and just say `hello’ to our leader.
“People are waiting for me back home, they have been with me since day before yesterday, throughout yesterday, early this morning and I had to sneak out to come and just say `hello’ to Mr President.”
On his part, Lalong said he used the opportunity to share the Sallah festivities with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Daura Emirate Council.
Former governor Orji Kalu called on Nigerians to continue to support the Buhari administration to enable it deliver on all its promises to the citizens.