President Muhammadu Buhari and security chiefs are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting is holding a few hours to the take-off time of Buhari’s UK trip today, Friday and it is believed that the key issue on the agenda, is to give an update on the security situation in the country.
The meeting is believed to be the routine security meeting which usually holds on Mondays where security heads brief the President on the security situations in the country.
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The London summit is expected to kick-start on Monday, January 20, and the President according to the statement by his media office is expected back to Nigeria on Thursday, next week.
Earlier, The Herald reported that President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Nigeria on Friday for London where he is scheduled to attend UK Africa Investment summit.
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman made this disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen.
Adesina disclosed the summit was organized by top world businessmen “to create new partnerships that will deliver more investments and jobs” in Africa and the UK.
“Apart from highlighting new perspectives on UK-Africa Partnership for Prosperity, issues of Sustainable Finance and Infrastructure; Trade and Investment; Future African Growth Sectors and Clean Energy and Climate,
are expected to dominate presentations and discussions during the Summit, ” he said in a statement.
“With the expected take-off of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in mid-2020, the London investment summit will provide Nigeria with the opportunity to project itself as a leading investment destination for new industries.
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