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President Tinubu returns to Abuja, signs five MoUs with China
 
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Mon, 16 Sep 2024   ||   Nigeria,
 

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after his official visit to China and his short stay in the United Kingdom.

This was contained in a statement by the special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

President Tinubu left Abuja for Beijing, China, on the 29th of August and started his official visit on Tuesday, the 2nd of September.

While in China, President Tinubu held bilateral meetings with President Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Qiang with five memoranda of understanding signed between Nigeria and China.

He also attended the forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, and as chairman of ECOWAS, delivered a paper on global peace, stressing multilateralism and cooperation as essential ingredients for international peace.

He capped his visit to China with a meeting with representatives of Nigerians in the diaspora organisation, China chapter, during which he spoke on the necessity of the reforms being implemented by his government in Nigeria, and hoped that they would lead the country to a destination of good roads, constant power, and good schools, like in China.

President Tinubu left Beijing for London, where he met with King Charles III, and discussed issues related to climate change and action.

 

 

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