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German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has been obtained on the Aso Rock Villa by President Bola Tinubu.
Though Steinmier arrived in Abuja on Tuesday night, he met the President on Wednesday.
Accompanying him have been enterprise delegation of CEOs and high-ranking board members of a few of Germany’s most profitable corporations within the fields of IT, high-tech and vitality.
Steinmeier is the second German chief to go to Nigeria within the final 14 months.
Earlier in October 2023, particularly twenty ninth, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, visited the nation for his two-day working go to the place he met enterprise leaders in Lagos a day after.
The go to has additionally been two-way with Nigeria’s President, Tinubu attending the G20 ‘Compact with Africa Financial Convention’ final yr’s November on the occasion of the German chief’s’ invitation.
The German chief who was welcomed with Nigerian anthem, additionally carried out an inspection of the Guard of Honour mounted by the Presidential Brigade of Guards.
After the 21-gun salute, Tinubu led Steinmeier into his workplace for closed-door talks.
The German Embassy in an announcement earlier mentioned Steinmeier would meet with Tinubu in addition to with the President of the Fee of Financial Group of West African States, Dr. Alieu Touray.
He’s then anticipated to proceed to Lagos State, the place he’ll interact with enterprise representatives, go to a start-up hub and meet with members of Nigeria’s cultural sector and civil society.
Notably, he’s anticipated to satisfy Dr Nike Okundaye and Prof Wole Soyinka.
The assertion by the company additionally famous that in his go to, he’ll tour the town of Lagos and acquire insights into the city improvement of a megacity, “together with environmental and social challenges,”
Nigeria has had a protracted historical past with Germany way back to 1978 when then-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visited Nigeria.
In November 2008, former President Umaru Yar’Adua obtained German President Horst Koehler in Abuja.
Additionally, the fast previous Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was the primary head of state past the shores of Africa to go to Nigeria after Goodluck Jonathan’s election in 2011.
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