The President, Muhammadu Buhari, will on Tuesday, depart
Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo
Rebelo de Sousa.
According to a statement signed on Tuesday by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President will be
conferred with the country’s National Honour and decorated with the ‘Great
Collar of the Order of Prince Henry’.
The statement is titled ‘President Buhari to pay a visit to
Portugal; participate in UN Ocean Conference’.
According to Shehu, “The two Presidents are expected to
chair an enlarged bilateral meeting and witness the signing of some agreements
bordering on issues of mutual concern.
“President Buhari will also visit the Portuguese Parliament
and hold discussions with its President, Dr Augusto Santo Silva, as well as the
Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa.
“In the course of the visit, the President is scheduled to
address a Forum of Nigerian and Portuguese businessmen and hold separate
meetings with select Portuguese Chief Executive Officers and prospective
investors to Nigeria.”
Buhari will also participate in the United Nations Ocean
Conference, which began in Lisbon on Monday, June 27, and runs till July 1.
The Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and
Portugal and supported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
aims to accelerate the adoption of science-based innovative solutions to
challenges facing oceans and the global marine ecosystem.
He is also expected to engage members of the Nigerian community
in Portugal on matters affecting them and developments at home.
The President will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed;
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo; Minister of Youth
and Sports, Sunday Dare and Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa
Pantami.
Others are National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen Babagana
Monguno (retd); Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar
and Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Honorable Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
He will return to Abuja on Saturday, July 2.
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