The Nigeria's Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara earlier today met with Pope Francis at Rome.
The Speaker in several tweets on his handle @YakubDogara said the Pope is conversant with happenings in Nigeria and prayed for peace and unity of the country
The Pope made this known when he met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, in Saint Peters Square, Vatican City.
The Speaker had led Nigerian delegation to the Holy See for a morning mass where nationals and leaders from different countries of the world gathered to join His Holiness for the devotion and receive blessings from the Pontiff.
Dogara who described the meeting with Pope Francis as “awesome”, stated that he was pleasantly surprised and delighted to know that the pontiff is well informed about the happenings in Nigeria.
The moment I was introduced to him as the Speaker of the Nigerian Parliament, he said “how is Nigeria and how are you working for the peace of Nigeria?”
“Pray for me also”
Pope Francis then told the Speaker that he always prays for the peace of Nigeria saying, ” I pray for the peace of Nigeria and pray for me also”.
The Speaker was accompanied by the Nigerian Ambassador to the Holy See, General George Godwin Umo (rtd) who disclosed that the Pope has been holding mass in honour of the 26 Nigerian girls that died in the Mediterranean sea while trying to enter Italy few weeks ago.
Hon Dogara is in Italy on the invitation of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Ms Laura Boldrini, for an international conference on “Human Trafficking and women empowerment: The Partnership between Nigeria and Italy.”
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Today, I had the great honour of meeting His Holiness, Pope Francis @Pontifex. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he is well informed about happenings in Nigeria and prays for peace in the country. @CatholicNewsSvc @cnalive pic.twitter.com/eoKjbbMSWI— Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara (@YakubDogara) November 23, 2017
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