By Ahmed Ahmed
President Bola Tinubu has arrived Berlin, the German capital to attend the G20 Compact with Africa Conference scheduled for Monday.
This is contained in a statement issued by Alkasim Abdulkadir, media aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs made available to newsmen on Monday in Bauchi
The President, whose official plane, the Nigeria Air Force 1 touched down at the Willy Brandt Berlin Brandenburg International Airport in Berlin at about 1.17 am on Sunday, was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar and Charge D’Affaires of Nigeria’s Embassy in Germany, Ambassador Ingekem Regina Ocheni.
Ambassador Tuggar who was the erstwhile envoy in Germany before his appointment as Nigeria’s foreign Minister will set Nigeria’s agenda as President Tinubu drives Nigeria’s participation at the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on Monday, November 20, 2023, being hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Tuggar will facilitate, bilateral agreements with partners, Heads of International Organizations to deliberate on the immediate enhancement of economic and business cooperation with a view to outlining concrete measures to boost investments in critical areas such as energy, trade, infrastructure, and new technologies, among others.
The G20 CwA Conference will be taking place simultaneously with the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, co-hosted by the German government and German business associations.
In view of President Tinubu’s globally recognized drive for foreign direct investment in Nigeria, the President will sustain the momentum and advance the mission further as he leads Nigeria’s delegation to participate in the investment summit.
This visit also affirm President Tinubu’s commitment to diplomatic reciprocity as the invitation to Germany from the German Chancellor is being honoured following the visit of the German Chancellor to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, from October 29 to October 30, 2023.
Leveraging on the opportunity presented by the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, the Nigerian delegation will follow up on productive meetings previously conducted with high-ranking representatives from German business organizations who were part of the official delegation of the German Chancellor to Nigeria.