By Dele Ogbodo
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today (Monday), for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions
on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings scheduled for next week.
Mr. Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said in a statement that the President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and other partners’ plan to invest $15 billion in Nigeria’s oil industry.
Shehu said these among other investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next 20 years production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all the attendant benefits both to the economy and the wider society.
The President, according to the statement is also due to renew discussions with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, a good friend of the President on inter-religious harmony in Nigeria and World-wide.
Further meetings have also been scheduled for the President to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in Britain, the statement added.