Buhari Leaves Abuja For China On Sunday

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President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja tomorrow for a working visit to China aimed at securing greater support from the country for the development of Nigeria’s infrastructure, especially in the power, roads, railways, aviation, water supply and housing sectors.

President Buhari will hold talks with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples’ Congress, Zhang Dejiang. The talks will also focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in line with the Federal Government’s agenda for the rapid diversification of the Nigerian economy, with emphasis on agriculture and solid minerals development.

A statement by the presidency says that several new agreements and memorandums of understanding to boost trade and economic relations between Nigeria and China are expected to be concluded and signed during the visit.

The agreements include a Framework Agreement between the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the National Development and Reform Commission of the Peoples’ Republic of China to Boost Industrial Activities and Infrastructural Development in Nigeria.

On the president’s entourage to China will be some state governors as well as the Ministers of Agriculture, Water Resources, Transport, Defence, Power, Works & Housing, Industry, Trade & Investment, Federal Capital Territory, Science & Technology and Foreign Affairs.

President Buhari will also open a China-Nigeria Business/Investment Forum in Beijing and meet with members of the Nigerian Community in China before returning to Abuja at the weekend.