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President Muhammadu Buhari’s on Thursday cancelled his visit to Bauchi State.
Buhari who was billed to visit the State on December, 13th to commission the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Hospital built at the new NAF base 29 close to the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi said he (Buhari) led a delegation of some African leaders to The Gambia.
The President was again scheduled to visit the State on Thursday, December 29th but the visit was also cancelled due to weather related conditions.” His aide on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, claims on Twitter.
Yes, it’s true Abdullahi, the visit to @BauchiState was postponed due to poor weather conditions. https://t.co/8qa9JWGwxq
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) December 29, 2016
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HAUSA: Message to the good people of @BauchiState. Why President Buhari cancelled his visit to the State today. pic.twitter.com/6jOH4lGOHZ
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— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) December 29, 2016
Meanwhile, Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar in a broadcast message to his people, said that the cancellation of the visit was due to the poor visibility of the weather caused by the harmattan.
Abubakar apologized to the people for the failure of the President to visit the state for the second time stating that it was not intentional.
He said that a later date will be fixed for the President’s visit.
“Because of the prevailing weather condition in Abuja this morning up to this moment that I speak with you (11:45am), visibility is less than 300 meters in Abuja. To that extent even International flights have not landed or taken off at the Abuja Airport.
“For that reason, Mr. President was advised to put off his visit to Bauchi. I assure you, another date will be fixed and this time, for a state visit in which he will spend the night in Bauchi,” Abubakar stated.