President Muhammadu Buhari will on
Friday leave Abuja to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on
African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The event will hold from August 27 to August 28.
According to a statement on Thursday by
the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi
Adesina, the summit, co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United
Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations
Development Programme, the African Union and the World Bank,
will focus
on promoting structural economic transformation through diversification
and industrialisation; promoting resilient health system for quality
life and promoting social stability for shared prosperity.
During the conference, Buhari is
expected to participate in plenary sessions on TICAD in alignment with
African Development, the Dialogue with the Private Sector as well as the
Global Launch of the Second Africa Human Development Report.
The President will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.
The statement read in part, “No fewer
than 35 African leaders are expected at the two-day high level summit
which will also be attended by leading private sector companies from
Japan. This will be the first time TICAD is being held in Africa since
its inception in 1993.
“Nigeria has played a prominent role at
the forum aimed at forging international partnerships for Africa’s
transformation and prosperity through economic growth, agriculture and
social stability.”
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