The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the President’s official aircraft which took off from Ataturk airport, Istanbul at about 12 p.m
(Turkish time) local time, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja at 4.05p.m.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Abuja after a successful four-day working visit to Ankara and Istanbul in Turkey.
Buhari, accompanied
by his wife, Aisha, was received at the airport by senior government officials,
including his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Inspector-General of Police, Idris
Ibrahim, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Mohammad Bello
and other presidential aides. While in
Ankara, Buhari was hosted by the Turkish President, Recep Tayyeb Erdogan for “a
fairly long one-on-one meeting’’, on Thursday, before the bilateral meeting
that involved their ministers and members of their delegations.
In a statement
issued in Abuja on Sunday by the President’s Spokesman, Malam Garba
Shehu, said the outing was Buhari’s first visit to Turkey since his election in
2015, but the second meeting with Erdogan who as Prime Minister visited Abuja
in March, 2016. He said that Buhari’s objective during both visits focused on
issues of security and anti-terrorism; agricultural cooperation and trade
cooperation. Others were education and health; transport and connectivity;
energy sector cooperation and increased private sector participation.
Shehu noted that
the visit had achieved quite a lot on the stated objectives. Buhari, who
participated in the 9th D-8 Summit in Istanbul on Oct. 20, also held bilateral
meetings with some member-countries. “The meetings have also helped to enhance
momentum in ties between Nigeria and the rest of the `D-8’ member-countries and
the establishment of a positive working relationship, especially between Buhari
and Erdogan,’’ Shehu said.
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