President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Sunday after a week-long visit to Washington DC, USA, where he attended the US-Africa Leaders Summit,Dailytrust report.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while in Washington, the Nigerian leader also participated actively at the U.S. – Nigeria Business and Investment Forum.
The Business Roundtable was organised by the American Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
Speaking at the forum, Buhari said Nigeria remains the best destination for American investors to put their money.”
He said aside from the population advantage in size and demography, various incentives and policies emplaced by the Nigerian government made it a destination of choice for investment.
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Buhari also received the Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Forum, Sheikh Al-Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah and his deputy, Pastor Bob Roberts of the US who visited him in Washington, USA.
At the meeting with the Secretary General of the forum, Buhari spoke about the need to raise generations of youths devoid of religious extremism and bigotry, urging the group to continue to target the young people who are the promise of the future.
Also at an interactive session in Washington entitled, “A conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria’’, Buhari said Nigeria’s agricultural revolution had led to the creation of over 13 million direct and indirect jobs in the last seven and half years.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders Summit.
Biden said he had followed the trajectory of the Nigerian leader since 2015 when he was elected President from being an opposition leader at a time he (Biden) was a Vice-President.
Buhari on Thursday in Washington DC, USA, warned that Africa risks not attaining the goals continental leaders have set for the region by 2063 in view of challenges facing it.
The Nigerian leader, stated this when he spoke on the topic, “Partnering on Agenda 2063: A Peaceful and Secure Africa”.
He, however, believed that the agenda could be achieved ”if there is a unity of purpose among all member states.”
Buhari said that Africa’s security and development landscape had undergone significant transformation over the past decades.
According to him, the continent has witnessed increased, diverse and complex threats including climate change and the scourge of terrorism.
Other challenges were violent extremism, transnational organised crimes, ideological radicalisation and recently, an upsurge in the unconstitutional change of governments (UCGs).
NAN reports that the president concluded his official engagements with a presidential town hall meeting he held with Nigerians in the diaspora on Friday in Washington as he rounded off his participation at the US-Africa leaders’ summit.
At the meeting, Buhari commended Nigerians in the diaspora for remitting more than 20 billion dollars home in 2021.
The president also expressed pleasure at the conduct of Nigerians who had continued to excel in their chosen fields in the United States of America. (NAN)
