Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, on Thursday, received some suspended royal fathers from Anambra State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Earlier on Thursday, the state government imposed a one-year suspension on the traditional rulers for travelling out of the state without permission.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced the royal fathers’ visit in a statement titled, ‘Anambra monarchs laud President Buhari for developmental strides in South East.’
Adesina said the Anambra royal fathers expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment to the development of the country in general, and the South-East in particular.
He said the monarchs were led to the Presidential Villa by Prince Arthur Eze, quoting Gambari as thanking them for the visit.
“As it is generally said in most parts of the country, when you thank somebody for what he has done, he is encouraged and does more. This is an incentive for the President to do more for the country, and also for the South East,” Gambari reportedly said.
The statement said the royal fathers listed the landmark projects embarked upon by Buhari in the South-East region to include “the Second Niger Bridge, that had been presented as an impossible task by previous administrations, but now becoming a reality under your keen watch,” the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, among others.
“The people of the South East are, indeed, grateful, as we have never had it so good, and on their behalf, we say Daalu (thank you).”
The visiting monarchs included HRM Eze Dr Nkeli Nzekwe, HRM Igwe Chuba Mbakwe, HRM Igwe Chijioke Nwankwo, HRH Igwe Anthony Onwekwelu, and HRH Igwe Chukwuma Bobo Orji.