President Muhammadu Buhari is set to visit Washington D.C. for his meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday with a 32-man delegation comprising governors, ex-governors, State House officials and businessmen.
According to sources in the presidency, those expected to join him on the trip include Governors Kashim Shettima (Borno), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa) and Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo).
The rather large delegation will also have former Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi; Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential election, Pastor Tunde Bakare; former President of the Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and publisher of The Democrat, Ismaila Isa Funtua; a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau; and Halilu Sheni, a businessman.
Others in the delegation will include officials in the presidency and some heads of government parastatals.
Thisday