PMB commiserates with Niger President over death of 26 school children

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Niger Republic, President Mohammed Bazoum, over the death of 26 school children, aged five and six years, during a classroom fire outbreak in the Southern Region of the country.

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This was disclosed in a release issued on Wednesday by the Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who said the president, who arrived in Paris, France on Tuesday for a four-day official visit, in a statement said: “I’m greatly shocked and deeply touched by this tragedy that took the lives of these school children.

“The death of these children in these circumstances is particularly moving. My heart and prayers go out to the government and the people of Niger Republic as well as the grieving parents of these innocent children.“

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