Buhari Off to UK to Seal $15Billion Deal, Seek Peace for Nigeria

Segun Atanda/

President Muhammadu Buhari is heading for the United Kingdom on Monday in pursuit of bilateral relations and a $15billion oil venture with Shell.

The President’s spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu told NewsmakersNG in a statement today that Buhari’s team “will leave Abuja on Monday 9^th April, 2018 for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled for 18^th to 20^th April, 2018″.

Shehu stated: “The President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden in connection with Shell and other partners’ plan to invest $15b in Nigeria’s oil industry. These investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next 20 years production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all the attendant benefits both to the economy and the wider society.

“President Buhari is due to renew discussions with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, a good friend of the President on inter-religious harmony in Nigeria and World-wide.

“Further meetings have also been scheduled for the President to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in Britain.”