Buhari jets out today for Turkey-Africa partnership summit
The president, Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey today for the third Turkey-Africa partnership summit.
Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement on Thursday.
The summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is themed, ‘enhanced partnership for common development and prosperity.
Shehu says, the third Turkey-Africa partnership summit is coming on the heels of President Erdogan’s recent state visit to Nigeria during which several agreements in the fields of energy, defence industry, mining and hydrocarbons were signed to expand existing bilateral ties.
The summit looks to provide guidelines and direction for cooperation with African countries for the next five years.
President Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, Aisha Buhari; the ministers of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, the director-general of the national intelligence agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar amongst others.
The president is expected back in Abuja on Sunday, December the 19th.