President Muhammadu Buhari has been awarded the highest national award of Niger Republic, Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger, by outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou.
President Buhari, while talking, congratulated outgoing President Issoufou, for the successful completion of his second tenure, and successful the prestigious 2020 Mo Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African Leadership, describing him as a worthy African leader.
The President in an announcement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, felicitated with the outgoing leader for upholding the tenets of democracy, enhancing the economy of his nation and consolidating the good relations that existed between both nations.