Posted on: 06:44 Tue, 29 Mar 2016



President Buhari will depart Abuja
for Washington DC, USA tomorrow
Wednesday, March 30th to attend
the 4th Nuclear Security Summit
which opens on Thursday March
31st.

A statement by presidential
spokesperson, Femi Adesina, says
that at the plenary sessions of the
summit which is dedicated to
reinforcing international
commitment to the non-
proliferation of nuclear weapons,
President Buhari will insist that
while Nigeria will continue to
sustain that commitment, world
powers must respect the right of
other countries to the peaceful use
of nuclear energy for development
purposes.

The President will reaffirm
Nigeria’s stance that international
efforts to ensure greater security of
nuclear materials should maintain
a balance between nuclear non-
proliferation obligations and the
indisputable right of Nigeria and
other countries to harness nuclear
energy and technology for socio-
economic development.

It will be recalled that at a meeting
with him in Abuja earlier this
month, President Buhari told the
Director-General of the
International Atomic Energy
Agency, Mr. Yukiya Amano that the
Federal Government will welcome
greater support from the agency for
Nigeria’s aspiration to begin the
generation of electricity with
nuclear energy.

While in Washington DC for the
Nuclear Security Summit, Buhari
and his delegation which includes
Governor Mohammed Abubakar of
Bauchi State, Governor Abdulfatah
Ahmed of Kwara State, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey
Onyeama, the National Security
Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana
Monguno (rtd.) and the Director-
General of Nigeria’s Nuclear
Regulatory Agency, Prof Lawrence
Anikwe Dim, will also hold bilateral
meetings with other participating
Heads of Government and high-
ranking United States Government
officials. President Buhari will
depart Washington DC for Abuja on
Sunday April 3rd.