After his narrow victory over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was announced, Brazil’s leftist president-elect; Lula da Silver has continued to receive felicitations from across the globe.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, joined other world leaders in congratulating Lula for staging an astonishing comeback after leaving office and serving a jail term, by winning a hard-fought, divisive runoff election against the incumbent; Jair Bolsonaro.
President Buhari in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity; Garba Shehu said he hoped that Lula as President will further enhance the excellent relations between our two states.
“I look forward to working together with the newly elected President of Brazil to continue the excellent bilateral cooperation and growing trade relations between our two countries,” the President noted.
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