Tinubu To Leave For Germany After One-week Overseas Trip

Bola Ahmed Tinubu will leave Abuja on Saturday, November 18, for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G-20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference, which will be hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on November 20, 2023.

The president will be accompanied by Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr Wale Edun, Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance; Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment; and Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power.

Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman, revealed this in a statement on Friday, Nov. 17.

He stated that during the conference, President Tinubu will join other Heads of State and Governments of CWA member countries, bilateral partners, and Heads of International Organisations to discuss the immediate enhancement of economic and business cooperation with the goal of outlining concrete measures to boost investments in critical areas such as energy, trade, infrastructure, and new technologies, among others.

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According to Ngelale, the G20 CwA Conference will take place concurrently with the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, which will be co-hosted by the German government and German industry groupings.

He went on to say that the president would keep the momentum going and push the mission forward as he led Nigeria’s team to the investment summit in light of his globally acknowledged drive for foreign direct investment in Nigeria.

According to a presidential spokesman, this visit also reaffirmed President Tinubu’s commitment to diplomatic reciprocity, as the German Chancellor’s invitation to Germany was honoured during the German Chancellor’s visit to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, from October 29 to October 30, 2023.

He went on to say that the Nigerian delegation would build on previous fruitful meetings with high-ranking representatives from German business organisations who were part of the official delegation of the German Chancellor to Nigeria, capitalising on the opportunity presented by the Fourth G20 Investment Summit.

President Tinubu will return to the country following the conclusion of the conference.

The president returned to the country on Thursday, Nov. 16, after attending Guinea-Bissau’s Independence Day celebrations.

He spent at least six days in Saudi Arabia prior to his travel to Guinea-Bissau.