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PHOTOS: Onyeama attends ECOWAS meeting in Aso Rock after COVID-19 recovery

PHOTOS: Onyeama attends ECOWAS meeting in Aso Rock after COVID-19 recovery
August 21
09:56 2020

Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, returned to the presidential villa on Thursday after recovering from COVID-19.

Onyeama attended a virtual extraordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of heads of states and government on the socio-political situation in Mali.

The minister had contracted the novel coronavirus on July 19 and announced his recovery on August 12.

“By the very special grace of God my latest #COVID19 test result came back NEGATIVE after three weeks isolation,” Onyeama had tweeted.

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Onyeama, who is a member of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, is the first minister in the Buhari administration to contract the disease.

President Muhammadu Buhari; Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF); Bashir Salihi Magashi, minister of defence and Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, director-general of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) were also in attendance.

Below are photos.

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Buhari (M) flanked by Boss Mustapha, SGF and Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs,  during a virtual meeting of  extraordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of heads of states and government on the socio-political situation in Mali.

Buhari (M) flanked by Mustapha (left) and Onyeama (right)

President Buhari during a virtual meeting of extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government on the socio-political situation in Mali held at the Council Chambers, State House Abuja.

Onyeama

Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs during a virtual meeting of extraordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of heads of states and government on the socio-political situation in Mali held at the Council Chambers, State House Abuja.

President Buhari

Buhari (M) flanked by Boss Mustapha, SGF (left); Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs; Bashir Salihi Magashi, minister of defence; Zubairu Dada, minister of state foreign affairs, and Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, director general of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) during a virtual meeting of extraordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of heads of states and government on the socio-political situation in Mali held at the Council Chambers, State House Abuja.

Babagana Monguno, NSA (M) confers with the Onyeama left and Shehu (right)

Onyeama confers with Babagana Monguno, NSA

Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff, confers with Abubakar Ahmed Alkali, director-general of Nigeria intelligence agency

From left: Boss Mustapha, SGF; Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs and Ahmed Yakubu, state house director of protocol

Onyeama and Monguno

Mustapha and Onyeama

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity and Garba Shehu, special assistant to the president on media and publicity

Photos: Sunday Aghaeze

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