{"id":7726,"date":"2021-05-29T05:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=7726"},"modified":"2021-05-29T05:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:59:21","slug":"osinbajo-hosts-liberian-vice-president-howard-taylor-fosters-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/osinbajo-hosts-liberian-vice-president-howard-taylor-fosters-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Osinbajo hosts Liberian Vice President Howard-Taylor, fosters relations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor, Vice President of Liberia.<\/p>\n
Howard-Taylor is in Nigeria to attend the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament for the year.<\/p>\n
Osinbajo\u2019s spokesman, Laolu Akande, told State House correspondents afterwards that the two vice presidents used the opportunity not only to exchange pleasantries but also to catch up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had met previously both here in Abuja and also in Liberia where she had invited the vice president to deliver a keynote address at the Sheroes International Launch in Monrovia.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring their meeting today, they expressed the desire of both countries to co-operate internationally, bilaterally and multilaterally.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0Nigeria-born Dr Njideka Udochi receives Covid-19 Community Engagement and Response Award in US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEssentially, it was just a courtesy visit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Howard-Taylor, who is also the President of the Senate in Liberia, spoke at the opening session of the ECOWAS Parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n Nigeria and Liberia have a wide range of economic, political, cultural and social ties.<\/p>\n Both countries had signed agreements for cooperation in Education, Culture, Bilateral Trade and Training of Liberian Foreign Service Officers.<\/p>\n Nigeria\u2019s leadership role in ECOMOG\u2019s intervention in Liberia was pivotal in restoring peace in the nation following years of civil war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor, Vice President of Liberia. Howard-Taylor is in Nigeria to attend the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament for the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[1458,1634,237,41,233],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-7726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-ecowas","10":"tag-howard-taylor","11":"tag-liberia","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-osinbajo"},"yoast_head":"\n