Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity to the president, Garba Shehu, explained the reason for the cancellation. President Buhari felt satisfied that he had had useful discussions with President Mahamadou Issoufou in the course of the weekend meeting in Abuja, of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.
Shehu had on Sunday announced that Buhari would on Monday attend the 59th Proclamation of Republic of Niger ceremony in Tahoua, Niger.
He has said that the President, alongside the Presidents of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger, will participate in the historic event, held every year on December 18th to commemorate the founding of the Republic of Niger and creation of the Presidency.
The staying had also informed that after the ceremony, the Nigerian leader will hold bilateral meetings with some of his counterparts before returning to Abuja same day.