President Muhammadu Buhari is to embark on a two-day working visit to Rabat Morocco, where he will be meeting with the King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI.
The President who made this known through his Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity, Mr Garba Shehu said he is to begin the trip to Rabat on Sunday 10th 2028.
Taking to his social media Mr Garba Shehu said the President will meet with the King, His Royal Majesty, King Mohammed VI, to do a follow-up to their last meeting in 2016 which was on some economic issues. He said:
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, June 10, embark on a two-day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
The visit, which is at the invitation of His Royal Majesty, King Mohammed VI, will see the two leaders discuss socio-economic matters affecting their countries, following prior engagements in December 2016, during the official visit of His Majesty to Nigeria.
In Rabat, discussions will focus on strengthening existing agreements on the fertilizer industry, education cooperation, the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project…..and establishing a basic chemical platform to harness Nigeria’s vast natural gas resources and support Morocco’s diammonium phosphate industry.
It is noteworthy that following the signing of a collaboration agreement between Nigeria and Morocco in December 2016 to revive the abandoned Nigerian fertilizer blending plants, 14 plants have been revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative with a total capacity of 2.3 million MT of NPK fertilizers.
The President will be accompanied on the trip by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State and other senior government officials.