More than 12 Heads of State arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s centenary celebration.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Heads of State were received at the airport by some members of the Federal Executive Council.
Those that were received at the airport included Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Yahya Jammeh of Gambia and Prosper Bazombaza of Burundi.
NAN reports that President Helen Sirleaf of Liberia and Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the former Secretary General of the OAU, who led the Tanzanian delegation, also arrived in Abuja on Wednesday for the celebration.
Also in Abuja are the President of Mauritania, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz; Ethiopian President, Hailemarian Desalegh; and the European Union President, Jose Manuel Barroso.
The Zambian Minister of Defence, Edgar Lungu, will represent the Zambian President, Micheal Saata.
Israel was also represented by its Minister of Agriculture, Yair Shamir.
The world leaders were hosted by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Transcorp Hilton on Wednesday.
An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who did not want to be mentioned, told NAN that 42 Heads of State were expected to attend the centenary celebration.
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