President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday to Washington DC\u00a0 on a
\nfour-day official visit during which he will hold high-level talks with
\nPresident Barack Obama and other senior officials of the United States
\ngovernment.<\/p>\n
Topmost on the agenda of\u00a0 President Buhari’s talks with President Obama
\nand United States Government officials will be measures to strengthen and
\nintensify bilateral and international cooperation against terrorism in
\nNigeria and West-Africa.<\/p>\n
President Buhari who will meet\u00a0 with President Obama at the White House on
\nMonday, July 20, will later hold further discussions with the Chairman of
\nthe United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey and the
\nDeputy Secretary of Defence, Robert Work\u00a0 on military and defence
\ncooperation.<\/p>\n
The President will also meet with Vice President Joe Biden and confer with
\nthe US Attorney-General, Loretta Lynch,\u00a0 the US Secretary of Treasury,
\nJack Lew, the US Secretary of Commerce,\u00a0 Penny\u00a0 Pritzker and the US Trade
\nrepresentative, Michael Froman on United States support for his
\nadministration’s war against corruption as well as\u00a0 fresh measures to
\nboost Nigeria-United States trade relations.<\/p>\n
The President, who will be received by the United States Secretary of
\nState at the State Department in Washington DC, will later hold meetings
\nwith the United States\u00a0 Senate and Congressional Committees on Foreign
\nRelations, as well as the Black Caucus of the United States House of
\nRepresentatives.
\nBefore leaving Washington DC, President Buhari\u00a0 will address the United
\nStates Chamber of Commerce and Corporate Council for Africa.<\/p>\n
The President, who will be accompanied by the Governors of Imo, Nasarawa,
\nEdo, Borno and Oyo States as well as the Governor of the Central Bank of
\nNigeria and Permanent Secretaries of the Federal Ministries\u00a0 of Defence,
\nForeign Affairs, Industry, Trade and Investment, will also host an
\ninteractive session with Nigerians in the American Diaspora.<\/p>\n
The US trip will also afford President Buhari the opportunity of a reunion
\nwith members of the American War College Class of 1980 in which he was a
\ndistinguished participant.
\nHe is\u00a0 due back in Abuja on Thursday, July 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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