Buhari returns after EU-AU Summit in Belgium

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja after a three-day outing in Brussels, the capital of Belgium for the 6th EU – Africa Summit.

The President, who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 5:25pm was welcomed back home by some senior members of the administration as well as heads of security and law enforcement agencies.

Among those who received him at the airport were his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Mallam Mohammed Bello; Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar.

Buhari left on Wednesday to join other African and European leaders to discuss issues of mutual concerns to both continents, including financing for sustainable and inclusive growth; climate change and energy transition, digital and transport (Connectivity and Infrastructure); peace, security and governance; and private sector support and economic integration.

Others are: education, culture and vocational training, migration and mobility; agriculture and sustainable development and health systems and vaccine production.

He also used the opportunity to attend some bilateral engagements with regards to various issues of interest to Nigeria.

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