Posted on: 04:16 Sun, 21 Feb 2016



President Buhari will depart Nigeria
for Saudi Arabia tomorrow February
22nd.

A statement by the Special Assistant
to President Buhari on Media and
Publicity, Femi Adesina, states that
President Buhari, who will be
accompanied by a high-powered
Federal Government delegation,
including the Minister of State
(Petroleum) and Group Managing
Director of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), Dr.
Ibe Kachikwu, will first fly to
Riyadyh for talks on Tuesday with
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
and senior officials of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia.

Ongoing efforts by Nigeria and
other members of the Organisation
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) to achieve greater stability
in the price of crude oil exports are
expected to be high on the agenda
of discussions between President
Buhari and the Saudi Monarch.

Crude oil prices and market
stability will also be on the front
burner when President Buhari goes
on to Doha on Saturday for talks on
Sunday with the Emir of Qatar,
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Buhari is also scheduled to meet
with leading Saudi and Qatari
businessmen in Riyadh and Doha,
and invite them to support his
administration’s efforts to revamp
the Nigerian economy by taking
advantage of the great investment
opportunities currently available in
Nigeria’s mining, agriculture,
power supply, infrastructure,
transportation, communications
and other sectors.

President Buhari’s other
engagements in Saudi Arabia
include meetings with heads of
international financial
organisations and multilateral
associations. Before going on to
Doha, the President will also visit
Medina and Mecca to pray for
greater peace, prosperity and
progress in Nigeria.