The president said he looked “forward to a more weather-friendly period when I will visit.”
The president urged the Austin Eguavoen-led team to maintain and even surpass the form that made them leaders in the group stage.
Mr Shonekan who died at the age of 85 in Lagos, was described as a peacemaker who salvaged Nigeria from sinking.
Nigerian health sector has been bedevilled by poor infrastructure, and brain drain with healthcare practitioners leaving the country in droves for greener pastures.
Mr Buhari felicitated the diplomat and academic ”whose integrity, intelligence and experience have been placed many times at the service of the nation.”
“It is sad that some people lost their lives… But it shows you the cowardly nature of those behind those attacks.”
Buhari’s media aide Femi Adesina says he and other Nigerians see and treat police officers in the country as an article of no commercial value.
“The fervent prayer of your children is for you to adhere to these recommendations…so that one of us can be picked as the next DG…”
The president says monitoring and securing the country’s 8,809 wards during primaries would overstretch the security agencies.
The late traditional ruler was the producer of TV soap, the Village Headmaster, recognised as the longest running Nigerian TV series for over 20 years.
