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JUST IN: President Buhari Departs Abuja For Lisbon On State Visit

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JUST IN: President Buhari Departs Abuja For Lisbon On State Visit

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, jet out to the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, on a four-day state visit on the invitation of the country’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu.

According to the statement, President Buhari, who will hold official talks with his Portuguese counterpart, will be conferred with the country’s National Honour and decorated with ‘Great Collar of the Order of Prince Henry.’

The President will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo; Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare and Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.

Others are National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd); Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Honorable Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

The statement noted that the two presidents are expected to chair an enlarged bilateral meeting and witness the signing of some agreements bordering on issues of mutual concern.

According to the statement, President Buhari will also visit the Portuguese Parliament and hold discussions with its president, Dr Augusto Santo Silva, as well as the Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa.

In the course of the visit, the President is scheduled to address a forum of Nigerian and Portuguese businessmen and hold separate meetings with select Portuguese Chief Executive Officers and prospective investors in Nigeria.

Buhari, according to the statement, will also participate in the United Nations Ocean Conference, which began in Lisbon on Monday, June 27, and runs till July 1.

 

Ayomide Ayano

A writer, communicator, Graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and a Christian.

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