{"id":49097,"date":"2021-08-28T17:28:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment"},"modified":"2021-08-28T17:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T16:44:33","slug":"saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment","title":{"rendered":"Saraki reacts as Obasanjo gets new appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on his recent appointment as the AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

Saraki in a statement issued by his media office said that Obasanjo\u2019s appointment was a testament to his \u201cprofound experience and widespread network across the continent and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that Obasanjo\u2019s appointment would make Nigeria proud.<\/p>\n

Part of the statement read: \u201cI congratulate H.E. President Olusegun Obasanjo on the appointment as the African Union (AU) High Representative for the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the AU continues to work to promote peace and stability in and amongst its Member States, President Obasanjo\u2019s profound experience and widespread network across the continent and the world will undoubtedly help to meet these objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saraki wished Obasanjo success as he begins his strategic assignment on behalf of the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on his recent appointment as the AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa. Saraki in a statement issued by his media office said that Obasanjo\u2019s appointment was a testament to his \u201cprofound experience and widespread network […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,254,479,103],"class_list":["post-49097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo","tag-saraki"],"yoast_head":"\nSaraki reacts as Obasanjo gets new appointment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saraki reacts as Obasanjo gets new appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-28T16:28:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-28T16:44:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-612a67ced3863.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Saraki reacts as Obasanjo gets new appointment\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-28T16:28:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-28T16:44:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-612a67ced3863.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obasanjo\",\"Saraki\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/saraki-reacts-as-obasanjo-gets-new-appointment\",\"name\":\"Saraki reacts as Obasanjo gets new appointment - 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