Buhari To Leave Nigeria For Spain On An Official Visit

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will depart Nigeria today for Madrid, Spain, at the invitation of his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez.

The president also plans to meet with Spain’s King Felipe The Sixth during his visit.

President Buhari is expected to meet with both leaders to discuss issues of mutual interest, which will almost certainly result in the signing of Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding in key areas such as extradition and transfer of convicted persons, Mutual Legal Assistance, Cultural Matters, Security and Crime-fighting, and issues affecting dependants of diplomatic staff.

President Buhari will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN); Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare; and the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, according to a statement released by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media.

Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), the National Security Adviser; Amb. Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA); and Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), will also accompany the president.

On Friday, June 3rd, the President is expected to back from Spain.