President Muhammadu Buhari is hosting Turkey President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a two-day official visit to Nigeria starting today, Tuesday October 19th 2021
Accompanied by the First Lady, Emine Erdogan, President Erdogan is expected to come in from Angola, and depart to Togo at the end of his visit.
A statement issued by the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity garba shehu explained that, in the course of the visit, the leaders of the two countries are expected to consider about two dozen Bilateral Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, MOUs and they will authorize the signing of those on which there is a concurrence.
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The statement added that In addition to the bilateral discussions, President Erdogan will hold one-on-one meeting with President Buhari and he is expected to commission the Turkish Cultural Centre in Abuja while his wife, Emine, accompanied by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari is expected to commission the newly-renovated Government Secondary School in Wuse 2.
The school was renovated by a Turkish aid organization, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordinating Agency,TIKA.
The Nigerian government considers Turkey a close partner and sees the visit as a milestone in it’s bilateral relations.
Editor: Hadiza.A.A
