President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Monday April 9, leave for London, on official duty where he is expected to hold discussions on bilateral relations between Nigeria and Britain with Theresa May, prime minister, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled to hold from April 18 to 20, 2018.
According to a statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on Media and Publicity, the president will also meet Ben van Beurden, the chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Plc, in connection with Shell and other partners’ plan to invest $15b in Nigeria’s oil industry.
“These investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next 20 years production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all the attendant benefits both to the economy and the wider society,” the statement said
President Buhari is also due to renew discussions with Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, his good friend, on inter-religious harmony in Nigeria and World-wide.
Further meetings have also been scheduled for the president to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in Britain.

-Apr. 9, 2018 @ 10:05 GMT |