President Bola Tinubu would have spent 12 days on foreign trips in January at the end of a Sunday trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The President will be in Dar es Salaam for the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit scheduled for January 27 and 28.
He will be travelling in the company of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power; Olu Verheijen, the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, and other senior government officials.
African leaders, private sector stakeholders, development partners and civil society will converge at the summit aimed at accelerating ‘‘Mission 300”, an initiative designed to provide 300 million people in Africa access to electricity by 2030.
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Bayo Onanuga the special adviser on Information and Strategy, revealed via a statement on Saturday that the Summit is hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank.
“President Tinubu will deliver a national statement reaffirming Nigeria’s commitment to achieving universal access to energy and its leadership role in Africa’s energy sector,” stated Onanuga.
Tinubu has, however, spent many days travelling out of Nigeria in January.
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
President Tinubu’s departure for Tanzania will be happening six days after his return from the 2025 edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in the United Arab Emirates.
The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week took place from January 12 to 18, with President Tinubu leaving for the UAE on January 11 and returning to office on January 20.
The UAE summit also brought together global leaders to explore pathways to fast-track the shift towards a sustainable economy.
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Ghana President’s Inauguration
On January 7, the President attended the inauguration of John Dramani Mahama, the president-elect of Ghana.
Tinubu left Lagos for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, on January 6 ahead of the inauguration.
Checks by FIJ showed that Tinubu’s trip to Ghana was at the invitation of Mahama, who had visited Nigeria’s president last December.
By the time Tinubu would return from Tanzania, he would have spent at least 12 days outside of Nigeria out of 28 days in January.
There is no information about Tinubu’s itinerary between January 28 and 31. This means that the President could opt to spend even more than the dozen days he has already dedicated to meetings abroad in one month.
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