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President Buhari Departs Paris For Intra-African Trade Fair In South Africa

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday depart Paris to South Africa, to join other African leaders at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair 2021.

President Buhari Departs Paris For Intra-African Trade Fair In South Africa

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Saturday in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari Leaves Paris For Intra African Trade Fair In South Africa’.

The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will, Saturday, leave Paris for Durban, South Africa, at a special invitation by President Cyril Ramaphosa, to join other African leaders at the Official Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair 2021 which takes place on Monday.

“The event, holding from November 15 to November 21, is being convened by the African Export-Import Bank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat.

“The theme of the Fair, Building Bridges for a Successful AfCFTA aims at boosting trade and investment across the African continent. It also promises to create the enabling environment for businesses to thrive across the African continent; bring to fruition the lofty ideas behind the creation of the AfCFTA by providing the platform to further identify and proffer solutions to challenges militating against intra-African trade and; generate market information needed to connect buyers and sellers throughout the continent.

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“Global businesses including non-African international brands are expected to key into opportunities generated by the fair, thereby attracting for the continent trade and investment deals worth $40billion. Various Nigerian investors are already in Durban to take advantage of the event.

“The President will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adebayo; Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar; and the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Segun Awolowo.

“President Buhari is expected back in Nigeria on Tuesday, November 16.”

KanyiDaily recalls that during his meeting in Paris, President Buhari had revealed that Nigerians are very competitive because they acquired good education from the country before leaving.

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