President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates.
The president participated in the Dubai 2021 Expo where he was received by government functionaries, led by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
President Buhari addressed a trade and investment forum organised by the Nigerian Arabian Gulf Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Nigeria’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, at the Dubai Expo 2020.
He said that Nigeria remained the most viable and attractive investment destination in Africa, indicating that the country was on the path of becoming the continent’s leading industrial and trading nation.
The president toured the Nigerian Pavilion where he met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai.
President Buhari was accompanied on the trip by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo; Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed; Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.); Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika; and Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar.
Others are Ministers of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire; Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami; Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite; Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Maryam Katagum, the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.); Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; and the Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
