Buhari Leaves For UK, Meets Theresa May, Others

President Buhari Leaving Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari is traveling on Monday (April 9, 2018) to the United Kingdom on official visit.

He is scheduled to meet with some British top government officials, including the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed these in a statement on Sunday, discribing the visit as “an official visit.”

This is coming ahead of the CHOGM meetings billed for April 18-20, 2017.

According to the statement: “President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Monday 9th April, 2018 for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria-British relations with Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled for 18th to 20th April, 2018.

“The President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden, in connection with Shell and other partners’ plan to invest $15bn 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.

“President Buhari is due to renew discussions with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, a good friend of the President on inter-religious harmony in Nigeria and worldwide.

“Further meetings have also been scheduled for the President to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in Britain.”