Buhari Travels To Nairobi For TICAD VI

Posted by African Examiner Central America, Featured, Latest Headlines Friday, August 26th, 2016

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016.

The summit according to a statement issued in Abuja by his SA on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adeshina is co-organized by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Union and the World Bank.

It will focus on promoting structural economic transformation through diversification and industrialization; promoting resilient health system for quality life and promoting social stability for shared prosperity.

During the conference, President Buhari will participate in plenary sessions on TICAD in alignment with African Development, the Dialogue with the Private Sector as well as the Global Launch of the Second Africa Human Development Report.

Buhari will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.

No fewer than 35 African leaders are expected at the two-day high level summit which will also be attended by leading private sector companies from Japan. This will be the first time TICAD is being held in Africa since its inception in 1993.

Nigeria has played a prominent role at the forum aimed at forging international partnerships for Africa’s transformation and prosperity through economic growth, agriculture and social stability.