As part of his one-day state visit to Niger yesterday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held a closed-door meeting with former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in Minna.
Tinubu left the venue of the inauguration of the Agric Mechanisation Revolution Project of Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago straight for the former Nigerian leader’s residence.
According to Leadership, the president spent over one hour discussing the national issues with the host.
Tinubu, during the visit to the state, promised to find lasting solutions to the problems bedevilling the livestock sector of agriculture.
It was learnt that only Governor Bago was present at the meeting.
Babangida, it was learnt, offered him (Tinubu) advice as a statesman and stressed the need to walk the talk urgently.
It was learnt that Babangida advised that all government programmes should be targeted at the common man and promised to open his door to all leaders, but he insisted on maintaining the country’s unity.
