{"id":10111,"date":"2016-12-24T21:56:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T20:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2016-12-24T21:56:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T20:56:17","slug":"why-president-buhari-did-not-attend-the-south-east-economic-and-security-summit-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/why-president-buhari-did-not-attend-the-south-east-economic-and-security-summit-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY PRESIDENT BUHARI DID NOT ATTEND THE SOUTH EAST ECONOMIC AND SECURITY SUMMIT &#8211; PRESIDENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari snubbed the recent South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu, below is the accurate account:<\/p>\n<p>The President was presented with a request to attend the Economic and Security Summit by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.<br \/>\nThe President happily accepted. The visit to Enugu was scheduled for Thursday 22nd as can be found on the weekly programme. After this was done, some other stakeholders from the South East came and advised him not to go in view of the closeness of the date to Christmas; given the sensitivity of the period to the people, a presidential visit may come with overexertion and possibly, be disruptive of Christmas.<br \/>\nIn view of this, President Buhari requested that the event be pushed forward to January 2017. Given his nature, he did not insist. He said if the change of date is not possible, then the event could go on without him. That is what the organizers chose to do.<br \/>\nThe President did not, and he absolutely has no reason to snub anyone.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>GARBA SHEHU<br \/>\nSenior Special Assistant to the President<br \/>\n(Media and Publicity)<br \/>\nDecember 23, 2016<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari snubbed the recent South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu, below is the accurate account: The President was presented with a request to attend the Economic and Security Summit by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. 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