Again, Buhari jets out to Dakar for IDA summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal.

 

The President will be accompanied on the trip by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama; Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; as well as Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo.

 

Others on the entourage are : the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; Director- General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar; Director-General, Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha; and the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry, Olukayode Pitan.

 

 

 

At the high level event slated for Thursday, July 7 and hosted by President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal, President Buhari is expected to join other African leaders in an open Dialogue on Development Challenges and priorities as well as transformational initiatives.

 

The discussions will lead to an outcome document, the Dakar Declaration.

 

​This commitment is expected to chart the way forward for the transformation of the economies of these nations in partnership with the World Bank/IDA.

 

Topics slated for discussion include: Financing for Recovery and Economic Transformation in Africa; Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security; Human Capital; Digital and Technological Innovation; and Energy Transition and Climate Change.

 

 

 

President Buhari is expected back in the country at the end of the Summit on Thursday, July 7.

 

An institution of the World Bank Group, IDA is deepening its support to drive a resilient recovery for countries hit by the global crises of climate and COVID -19, growing levels of insecurity and more recently, by the impact of the war in Ukraine through its historic $93 billion 20th replenishment cycle (IDA20) which goes into effect between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2025.

 

President Buhari had come under criticism for his frequent travels abroad.

 

This year alone, he has made 10 foreign trips before Dakar’s journey today, as compiled by Daily Trust.

 

He visited Portugal last week and also participated in the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon June 27 to July 1. He returned home at the weekend.

 

Before this, President Buhari had attended the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held from June 20 to 26, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.

 

Also, on June 4, the president attended an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region in Accra, Ghana.

 

 

On June 1, he embarked on a two-day state visit to Madrid, the capital city of Spain, at the invitation of his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez.

 

In May, President Buhari visited the United Arabs Emirate to condole the country over the loss of its immediate past leader, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nayan.

 

He also visited Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, where he attended the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union; and the Ivory Coast, where he attended the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

 

The president also visited Brussels, Belgium in February for the 6th European Union-African Union Summit; Nairobi.

 

He was in Kenya in March, for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme.

 

He was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February for the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Africa Union Heads of State and Government; and in London, the United Kingdom in March, for a two-week medical trip. CONTINUE READING……

 

 

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