By Ishaya Ibrahim
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu was treated to a music feast by his French host, Emmanuel Macron.
Tinubu, who began a three-day working visit to France on Thursday, was treated to evening vibes featuring a musical performance by a French band. The highlight of the night was the performance of P-Square’s ‘Taste the Money’.
Despite their French accent, the band was able to do justice to the song to the delight of the guests which included Tinubu, Macron, Nigerian and French delegations.
Earlier, Tinubu and his French host, Emmanuel Macron, exchanged banters in pidgin on X, formerly Twitter.
The French president was the first to post, “Na big honor for France, dear President Bola Tinubu @officialABAT, to welcome you for dis State visit as one big partner and friend of today and tomorrow.
“E still dey sweet me well well as I remember say I be young intern for French Embassy for Nigeria that time.”
Tinubu responded to the post also in pidgin by thanking the French president for the warm reception.
He said: “Merci beaucoup, President Macron @EmmanuelMacron. Na big privilege to dey strengthen dis bond wey join Nigeria and France together. E sweet me well well to hear say di memories of your time as young intern for Nigeria still dey inspire you. E show say di connection between our two countries strong and go continue dey strong.
“We must to continue dey build dis our partnership wey stand for mutual respect and equality, wey go help di dreams of our people today and create better future for tomorrow. Thanks for di warm welcome and fruitful meetings, my padi!”
