President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar today Monday, February 22, 2016.
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.
The President 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
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