Buhari jets off to Belgium to participate in EU-AU summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja, today, Tuesday, to join

European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organisations at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium.

A statement signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President(Media & Publicity), said the Summit  would hold from February 17 – 18, 2022

Hevsaid thar summit would have participants deliberate on themes currently affecting the world.

Areas of discussion, according to him, included Financing for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth; Climate Change and Energy Transition, Digital and Transport (Connectivity and Infrastructure); Peace, Security and Governance; and Private Sector Support and Economic Integration.

Others, he stated, were Education, Culture and Vocational Training, Migration and Mobility; Agriculture and Sustainable Development and Health Systems and Vaccine Production.

The Nigerian leader, he said, would take the opportunity of the meeting to have other bilateral engagements.

Shehu said the President would be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of State for the Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, the National Security Adviser, Maj.Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd), Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar and the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

According to Shehu: “President Buhari is expected back in the country on Saturday.”