STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT JONATHAN FOR EU-AFRICA SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will travel to Brussels Tuesday at the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Fourth European Union-Africa Summit scheduled to open in the Belgian capital on Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
The summit has "Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace" as its theme.
Participants including President Goodluck Jonathan, the President of the European Council, Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, other Heads of State and Government of the European Union and Africa as well as leaders of the European Union and African Union Institutions will, among other matters, discuss ways of stimulating further growth and creating more jobs in Nigeria and other African countries.
Education and training, women and youth, legal and illegal migrant flows between both continents, investments in peace and ways to enhance EU support for African capacities to manage security on the continent are also on the agenda of the summit.
The Brussels Summit will also provide an opportunity for participants to review EU-Africa relations based on the Joint Africa-EU Strategy which was adopted in Lisbon in 2007 and explore options for greater mutually-beneficial cooperation between Africa and Europe.
President Jonathan whose entourage will include the Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen Aliyu Gusau (rtd.), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga will hold bilateral talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and some other participating heads of state and government before leaving Brussels for Abuja on Wednesday night.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
March 31, 2014
Keep Grooving, while leaving your problems behind. Sorry, they still wait for you to return.
ReplyDeleteMtshewew when dem reach there na sleeping time in meeting or smiling sheepishly at cameras! Na hin way
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ReplyDeleteHe likes gallivanting all over the world but when he gets there, he will be intimidated into absolute silence.
Can someone seize this man's passport for atleast 6months? Enough with your travel Mr shoeless president your home is in fire all you could do is travel every 2weeks. Do you know that those EU leaders would wish you are not with them if you check well? they smile at you but behind you they call you stupid president. We are not seeing results in all this waka waka please stop wasting our resource.
ReplyDeleteNo b t pack delegates go summit na im b d koko but na t input wetin una learn wen u com back to Nigeria. Make we dey feel d positive effect of all dese summit wey u dey attend.
ReplyDeleteHope something good come's out of all this trips.
ReplyDeleteHow many people are travelling with him? Nigerian leaders become so rich in power and yet all behave like paupers! Jumping in the plane for global jamborees just because it is free ride.
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