Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, received Senegal’s visiting President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Thursday.
According to Platinum Times, Faye is in Nigeria to pay an official visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Wike welcomed the Senegalese President on his arrival at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on behalf of President Tinubu.
The FCT Minister conferred on him the honorary citizenship of Abuja with the presentation of the symbolic key to the city.
According to the minister, the key conferred on the Senegalese President all the rights and privileges of a citizen.
It also served as a mark of respect for the strong friendship and cordial relationship between Nigeria and Senegal.