President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey, to go to the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, facilitated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey.
As per the coordinators, the topic of the Summit is ”Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity” and the plan incorporates looking into the collaboration between African nations and Turkey since the last Summit in 2014.
This was revealed in an assertion by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday morning.
The third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit is coming closely following President Erdogan’s new State visit to Nigeria during which a few arrangements in the fields of energy, safeguard industry, mining and hydrocarbons were endorsed to grow existing two-sided ties.
The Turkish chief had during the visit to Nigeria, certified his obligation to quickly extend the volume of exchange between the two nations to 5 billion dollars and the Nigerian designation will take advantage of the lucky break of the social occasion in Istanbul to upgrade collaboration with different accomplices for more exchange and speculation openings the country.
It is normal that the Summit would give rules and course to participation with African nations for the following five years.
President Buhari will be went with on the outing by his better half, Aisha Buhari; the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Defense, 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, Maj.- Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd); and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.
The President is normal back in Abuja on Sunday, December 19.