Buhari Departs Abuja For Turkey

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the country for Ankara, Turkey.

The president is expected to participate in the ninth Summit of the Developing 8 (D-8) on Friday, October 20, 2017.

He departed the country shortly after he presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting with his cabinet members at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The D-8 Summit with the theme, “Expanding Opportunities through Cooperation”, will among other things, focus on cooperation in the areas of agriculture, trade, transport, energy and increased private sector participation among member-countries.

A statement signed on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina read, “In Ankara, the President will have a tete-a-tete with his Turkish counterpart while delegations from both countries will hold discussions in various fields including defence cooperation, security, educational and migration issues.

“The Nigerian leader will also visit the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey in Ankara where he will meet with the Speaker, Ismail Kahraman.

“While in Istanbul, the Turkish commercial centre, President Buhari will use the occasion of the D-8 Summit to bolster warm and growing ties across a broad range of areas of cooperation with leaders of the D8-member countries, namely Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey.”