Ambassador
Oluyemi Adeniji, Special Representative of the
Secrtar
y
General of the United Nations bids His Excellency
the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabah,
Farewell.
On
Friday 1 August 2003 the outgoing head of the
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone and Special
Representative of the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji,
was at the Presidential Lodge to bid farewell
to His Excellency the President, Alhaji Dr.
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
Ambassador
Adeniji was, until his appointment as Nigeria's
Foreing Minister during the first week of July
this year, leader of the United Nations Mission
in Sierra Leone that worked very
hard to bring about peace in Sierra leone after
almost eleven years of war, waged by rebels
of the Revolutionary United Front, RUF.
Following
his appointment as Foreign Minister of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Ambassador Adeniji came
to Freetown to say goodbye to UNAMSIL and to
President Tejan Kabbah and the people of Sierra
Leone.
His
Excellency the President, the government and
people of Sierra Leone wish Ambassador Oluyemi
Adeniji good health, long life, prosperity and
great success in his new role as Minister of
Foreign Affaris of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
