President Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday, November 29th
to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Malabo,
Equatorial Guinea.
After the Summit,
Buhari will head for his home town Daura, Katsina State for what officials
called, a five-day official visit.
The one-day gas
meeting in Malabo will be attended by leaders of major gas producing nations of
the world namely, Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Bolivia, Iran,
Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Kazakhstan
and Norway, whose countries account for 70 per cent and 80 per cent of global
gas reserves and production respectively.
The Nigerian
delegation will also use the opportunity to discuss current trends in the
global gas market, potential policies for the energy sector and opportunities
for collaboration. At the end of the 5th
Gas Summit, the Malabo Declaration is expected to be adopted.
President Buhari will
be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister
of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; Minister of Mines and Steel
Development, Olamilekan Adegbite; and the Group Managing Director, Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kolo Kyari.
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