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10-year-old requesting visit to President Buhari invited to Aso Rock
A 10-year-old girl, Aysha Aliyu Gebi, from Bauchi, who wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting to meet with him, has been invited to Aso Rock Villa.
In the letter, Aysha introduced herself, afterwhich she asked about President Buhari’s health, before “going straight to the point”
She asked if she could see the President, as she had “always wanted to see a president face-to-face.”
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The little girl’s letter was posted by her uncle on his tweeter handle, on August 29, 2017.
My niece wants to see the president @MBuhari face to face please make her dream come true . Retweet please pic.twitter.com/jnR6RktkIT
— Hussein I.Gebi (@dgebis) August 29, 2017
Responding to the tweet on Sunday, the personal assistant to President Buhari on New Media Bashir Ahmad said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has read your niece’s letter. And he says: ‘Invite Aisha to come and see me. Are we down for tomorrow?'”
President Muhammadu Buhari has read your niece’s letter. And he says: Invite Aisha to come and see me.
Are we down for tomorrow? https://t.co/huOACmpkyk
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) October 15, 2017
Some Nigerians reacting to the President’s response have appealed to the girl to discuss their various plights with President Buhari.
Also mention the plight of unjustly sacked @FirstBankngr outsourced staff#FBNPayUsOff pic.twitter.com/onBG5nQN3d
— #FBNPayUsOff (@FBNPayUsOff) October 16, 2017
@dgebis Dear Aisha A. Gebi, if you meet Baba, pls remind him how badly his beloved sons and daughters are suffering in Bauchi.
— Mr. Khaleed. (@AngaleKhalid) October 15, 2017