Buhari congratulates German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, appreciates Angela Merkel for outstanding leadership

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds flowers as she hands over the chancellery to her successor, newly appointed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on assumption of office on Wednesday, after a successful election, bringing with him years of experience of leadership.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President also congratulated former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel on her sixteen years of providing strong and visionary leadership in her country, appreciating her warm disposition to Africa, and Africans, and paving the way for many development projects on the continent.

The President believed Merkel’s penchant for deepening democratic values and good governance, exemplified in the growing relations between Nigeria and Germany remained one of her legacies to Africa, and her historic position on immigration woild always be remembered.

President Buhari looked forward to working with the German Chancellor, Adesina said.

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