President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari will today begin a week-long
visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss the swindling oil price and
how they could be shored up.
Buhari, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, will be accompanied by a high-powered
Federal Government delegation, including the Minister of State (Petroleum) and
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC),
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.
The President will first travel to Riyadyh for
talks tomorrow with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and senior
officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The statement said ongoing efforts by Nigeria and other
members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to achieve
greater stability in the price of crude oil exports are expected to be high on
the agenda of discussions between President Buhari and the Saudi Monarch.
Crude oil prices and market stability will also be on the
front burner when President Buhari goes to Doha on Saturday for
talks on Sunday with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al
Thani.
The President is also scheduled to meet with leading Saudi
and Qatari businessmen in Riyadh and Doha, and invite them to support his
administration’s efforts to revamp the Nigerian economy by taking advantage of
the great investment opportunities currently available in Nigeria’s mining,
agriculture, power supply, infrastructure, transportation, communications and
other sectors.
President Buhari’s other engagements in Saudi Arabia include
meetings with heads of international financial organisations and multilateral
associations.
Before going to Doha, the President will also visit Medina
and Mecca to pray for greater peace, prosperity and progress in Nigeria