Buhari Meets Japanese President
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), holding in Yokohama from August 28 to 30.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) State House correspondent reports that Mr. Buhari left Abuja on Sunday.
A report posted by the president’s personal assistant on new media, Bashir Ahmad, at about 1.25 p.m. showed Mr. Buhari with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.
Also in the pictorial report are the Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Mohammed Yisa, seen with Mr. Buhari at the president’s hotel in Yokohama.
An earlier statement by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said Mr. Buhari’s participation in the conference would be his second, having attended TICAD6 in Nairobi, Kenya on August 2016.
“With the theme: `Africa and Yokohama, Sharing Passion for the Future,’ the opening session of TICAD7 will be performed by the Japanese Prime Minister and host, Shinzo Abe,’’ said Mr. Adesina.
The presidential aide said Mr. Buhari would deliver Nigeria’s statement during the plenary three-session when he would appraise Nigeria-Japan relations and takeaways from TICAD6.
He said the president would also attend a state banquet and honour the invitation of Emperor Naruhito to a tea reception at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
