President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Bukola Saraki are expected to grace the 2017 Nigerian Political Summit expected to hold in Abuja, in January.

Speaking during the unveiling of the summit, the Director-General of the Save Democracy Group Africa, the organisers of the event, Dr. Ifedi Okwenna, said President Buhari is expected to declare the summit open.

He said Osinbajo would be the chairman of the occasion, while Saraki would deliver the prime summit speech with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as the special guest of honour.

Former president of the Central African Republic, Catherine Samba Panza, would be the guest speaker.

Okwenna explained that the forum was designed for elite’s consensus across political, ethnic and religious divide and to enhance the understanding of diverse points of view of different political stakeholders which, he said, was expected to reduce suspicion and strengthen trust and confidence among them.

He expressed optimism that the nation’s democratic practice would be deepened and enriched after the resolutions of the summit would have been implemented.