President Buhari jets off to London

Government officials wave as the presidential plan set to take off
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, April, 9, 2018 left the country for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs. Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled for April 18 -20, 2018.

A press statement signed by his senior special assistant, media and publicity, Garba Shehu, state that the President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and other partners’ plan to invest $15b in Nigeria’s oil industry. 

These investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next 20 years production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all the attendant benefits both to the economy and the wider society.

President Buhari is due to renew discussions with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, a good friend of the President on inter-religious harmony in Nigeria and World-wide, the statement reveals.

Further meetings have also been scheduled for the President to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in Britain, it added.

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