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Nigeria's ailing
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to his Guinean counterpart Alpha Condé
to thank him for the nationwide prayers he had organized for his recovery, his
spokesman Femi Adesina has said
BBC
News report continues:
Mr
Buhari, 74, has been in the UK for almost 80 days, receiving treatment for an
unspecified illness.
In
his letter, Mr Buhari assured Mr Condé - the current chairman of the African
Union - that he was making "good progress", and would return to
Nigeria to resume his presidential duties as soon as his doctors gave him the
go-ahead, Mr Adesina said.
In
an earlier letter, Mr Buhari had also accepted his nomination as leader of the
"2018 AU Theme on the Fight Against Corruption", Mr Adesina added.
"I
wish to express my readiness to accept this new important role and to reiterate
my commitment to contribute towards our collective efforts to strengthen good
governance and development on the continent," Mr Buhari said in the
letter.
He
was nominated for the role at the summit of AU leaders in Ethiopia on 4 July.
Mr
Buhari's long absence has caused some anxiety in Nigeria, and has led to
speculation that his rivals were plotting to succeed him.
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