Monday, December 12, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived in Washington DC, to attend the United States-Africa Leaders Summit.
Mr Buhari arrived on the Joint Base Andrews, Air Power Base, Maryland, at about 6.25 p.m. native time.
The president was acquired by the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s ambassador to the U.S., Uzoma Emenike and the everlasting consultant of Nigeria to the UN, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande. Different Nigerian diplomats on the bottom to welcome the president have been Nigeria’s consul common in New York, Lot Egopija and his counterpart in Atlanta, Amina Smaila.
Mr Buhari was accompanied by Bala Mohammed and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governors of Bauchi and Kwara, respectively, in addition to some ministers and different high authorities officers.
The president will be a part of different African leaders at a high-level assembly that may maintain between Tuesday and Thursday on the occasion of U.S. President Joe Biden.
“African governments, civil society, diaspora communities throughout the USA, and the personal sector to proceed strengthening our shared imaginative and prescient for the way forward for U.S.-Africa relations,” presidential media aide Garba Shehu mentioned in an announcement.
On the primary day, Mr Buhari would communicate on ‘Conservation, Local weather Adaptation and a Simply Power Transition’, specializing in the ‘Simply Power Transition’ part.
The Nigerian chief would additionally tackle different sub-themes of the summit and take part within the US-Africa Enterprise Discussion board (USABF). The U.S. Division of Commerce will host the discussion board.
On the sidelines of the summit, the Company Council of Africa will host the Nigerian delegation to a U.S.-Nigeria Enterprise and Funding Discussion board Enterprise Roundtable.
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