SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in the United States on an official working visit and is set to meet President Donald Trump.
He arrived the Blair House at Washington DC on Sunday ahead of his bilateral meeting with President Trump on Monday, April 30 at the White House.
Speaking from Blair House, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said Buhari is the first African leader to visit Trump in the White House.
“He is the first African head of government to visit the Trump White House and this is a pointer to two important things,” he said in a statement.
“One is, no matter how Nigerians take our own country, this is hugely an important country and this recognition is being manifested in this visit.
“And for the President personally, it is equally important that of all of the heads of state we have in the continent that he of all of them has come forward to meet President Donald Trump.”
The meeting would be the second meeting, albeit a more detailed one, between President Buhari and his U.S. counterpart.
Both leaders had first met in September 2017 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly during a luncheon Trump held for some African leaders.
After the meeting with Trump, President Buhari is scheduled to meet with a group of business persons in agriculture and agro-processing, dairy and animal husbandry.
Talks will also be held between senior Nigerian Government officials and executives of major US companies in the areas of agriculture, aviation and transportation.
