ENSURE SOCIAL JUSTICE TO CURB INTERNAL CONFLICTS - PRESIDENT BUHARI URGES AFRICAN LEADERS

President Muhammadu Buhari and
Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea,
Mr. Agapito Mba Mokuy

President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that to achieve greater peace and political stability in their countries, African leaders must work harder to ensure social justice for all their citizens.

Speaking at an audience with the Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Agapito Mba Mokuy, President Buhari also maintained that as leaders of sovereign nations, African Heads of Government must be allowed to discharge their responsibility for peace and security within their countries, without external interference.

According to SSA to the President on Media & Publicity Garba Shehu, the President said that this was why Heads of State and Government of the African Union decided against sending peacekeeping troops to Burundi during the country's recent political crisis.