Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Saturday, Nov. 18, leave Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G-20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The president will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar; the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun; the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite; and the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu.
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Friday, Nov. 17.
He said during the conference, President Tinubu will join other Heads of State and Governments of CWA member countries, bilateral partners, as well as Heads of International Organisations to deliberate on the immediate enhancement of economic and business cooperation with a view to outlining concrete measures to boost investments in critical areas such as energy, trade, infrastructure, and new technologies, among others.
Ngelale said the G20 CwA Conference will be taking place alongside the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, co-hosted by the German government and German business associations.
He added that the president would sustain the momentum and advance the mission further as he led Nigeria’s delegation to participate in the investment summit in view of his globally recognised drive for foreign direct investment in Nigeria.
Presidential spokesman said this visit also affirmed President Tinubu’s commitment to diplomatic reciprocity as the invitation to Germany from the German Chancellor was being honoured following the visit of the German Chancellor to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, from October 29 to October 30, 2023.
He added that the Nigerian delegation would follow up on productive meetings previously conducted with high-ranking representatives from German business organisations who were part of the official delegation of the German Chancellor to Nigeria, thereby leveraging on the opportunity presented by the Fourth G20 Investment Summit.
President Tinubu will return to the country following the conclusion of the conference.
The president returned to the country on Thursday, Nov. 16, after attending the Independence anniversary of Guinea-Bissau.
Before his trip to Guinea-Bissau, he was in Saudi Arabia, where he spent at least six days.
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U see our president going for a trip to Germany for a business meeting trying to convince them to invest in Nigeria is a good thing.But come to think of it can anyone be convinced to invest in a place full of chaus I mean kidnapping, with all due respect our president should try fix Nigeria him and his people
Is not the first or the last to do that, since we see governance as means to enjoy national wealth. When will we hold these people accountable?
I think it’s necessary for him to travel down there as chairman of ECOWAS,but another thing is that may this meeting yield positive outcome to us here in Nigeria because peoples are suffering badly
A president that his country is on strike, yet he is traveling up and down,is that a President…
Is that how other Presidents are traveling about, with their house on fire?
We said it was Buhari, but Tinubu own is something else.
Not UpTo one year in office oooooooo
Well Well Well……Some of these trips are very Mandatory for a yearly review of United bodies and strenghten international states Relationships.Most Times they are UnAvoidable as The Leader of the Most Popular African Country(NIGERIA).So the President must be there.
Our president, traveling to Germany for a week when some people can’t afford twice meal a day, God will help us
Ma waoo, this is another buhari,what’s all these traveling for,he just came back,the man no dey rest?,now he is going to germany ,all these put together are the reckless spending mr. peter obi is talking about