President Bola Tinubu don congratulate di newly inaugurated Prime Minister of di United Kingdom, Andy Burnham, as e take over office.

E express hope say Nigeria and UK go make dia long-standing strategic partnership stronger under dis new government.

Tinubu still congratulate di Government and people of di United Kingdom for wetin e call peaceful, orderly and smooth leadership change, saying e show say di country democratic institutions and constitutional tradition dey strong.

Di President message dey inside one statement wey dem release on Tuesday by di spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa.

According to di statement, Tinubu remember di productive meeting wey e get wit di immediate past British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during im official visit to UK for March 2026, and e show confidence say Burnham go continue from where dem stop and make di achievements of dat visit stronger.

Di President say e dey look forward to expand cooperation between both countries.

E tok, "I dey look forward to explore new ways of partnership, collaboration and cooperation wit di United Kingdom under di new Prime Minister."

Tinubu still show say e dey ready to engage wit Burnham as soon as possible, both for bilateral talks and through multilateral platforms, especially di Commonwealth, to strengthen relationship between di two nations.

E say e hope "to make bilateral relations deeper and strengthen di strategic partnership between both countries for di benefit of dia people."

Di Federal Government still wish Burnham successful tenure, and dem assure di new British leader say Nigeria dey committed to work closely wit im government to move forward dia shared priorities and tackle common global challenges wey dey.