President Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday where he will attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit.
The summit, to be hosted by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
is themed Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and
Prosperity and the agenda includes reviewing the cooperation between
African countries and Turkey since the last summit in 2014.
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.
President Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Defence, Maj-Gen.
Bashir Magashi (Rtd); FCT, Mohammed Bello; Health, Dr. Osagie
Ehanire; Agriculture, Mohammed Abubakar; Industry, Trade and
Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo; the National Security Adviser, Babagana
Monguno and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency,
Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.
The president is expected back in Abuja on Sunday, December 19.
