President Buhari Leaves For UK Monday, To See Theresa May

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for an
official visit to United Kingdom, the President’s Senior Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu disclosed in a
statement in Abuja on Sunday.

Shehu stated that the president while in Britain would hold
discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs
Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings
scheduled for April 18 to 20.

“The President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of
Royal Dutch Plc, Mr Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and
other partners’ plan to invest $15b in Nigeria’s oil industry.

“These investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next
20 years production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all
the attendant benefits both to the economy and the wider
society.”

Shehu said that President Buhari would also renew discussions
with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon.
Justin Welby, “a good friend of the President on inter-religious
harmony in Nigeria and World-wide.”

He said that further meetings had also been scheduled for the
President to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in
Britain.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for an
official visit to United Kingdom, the President’s Senior Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu disclosed in a
statement in Abuja on Sunday.

Shehu stated that the president while in Britain would hold
discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs
Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings
scheduled for April 18 to 20.

“The President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of
Royal Dutch Plc, Mr Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and
other partners’ plan to invest $15b in Nigeria’s oil industry.

“These investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next
20 years production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all
the attendant benefits both to the economy and the wider
society.”

Shehu said that President Buhari would also renew discussions
with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon.
Justin Welby, “a good friend of the President on inter-religious
harmony in Nigeria and World-wide.”

He said that further meetings had also been scheduled for the
President to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in
Britain.