Following the successful conduct of the Liberian Presidential Election, Nigeria President ,Bola Tinubu has
congratulated the gover nment and people of Liberia .
The President who spoke
through his media aide, Ajuri Ngelale on Saturday mor ning, congratulated the President-elect Joseph Boakai.
The Nigerian President
enjoined Boakai to unite the
countr y and build on the
popular suppor t expressed
through the ballot box to deliver good gover nance to the
people of Liberia.
He also lauded the outgoing President, George Weah
for dem onstrating uncommon leadership by conceding
the election and aver ting any
for m of socio-political crisis.
The President says President Weah’s great act of
dem ocratic spor tsm anship
is exemplary, par ticularly at
this time in West Africa, when
democracy is under attack by
malign actors who are bent
on subver ting the will of the
people.
“I com m en d Pr esiden t
Geor ge Weah for h is sterling exam ple, undiluted patriotism , and statesm anship.
He has defied the stereotype
that peaceful tr ansitions of
power are untenable in West
Afr ica.
“He has dem onstr ated
that the outcome of elections
in the sub-region need not
become the propellant of violence and unrest and that the
will of the people must always
be respected,” the President
stated.
Tinubu equally thanked
the people of Liber ia for
peacefully exercising their
r ights and im plores them
to remain steadfast in the
fur therance of peace and democracy
