President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria, Abuja precisely from his one-week engagements in Saudi Arabia and Guinea Bissau, The Herald reports.
Tinubu arrived with his entourage arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday evening.
The Herald recalls President Tinubu departed Abuja for Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on Thursday, November 9, 2023, to attend the Saudi-Africa summit, which was held the next day.
While there, the President assured potential investors that their investments are safe in Nigeria.
At a bilateral meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on the same day, the Government of Saudi Arabia announced plans to invest in the renovation of Nigerian refineries.
Additionally, the Kingdom said it is ready to support Nigeria’s foreign exchange reforms through a substantial deposit to enhance its forex liquidity.
On Monday, Tinubu sought a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure finance facility from the Islamic Development Bank to fund a multi-sectoral portfolio of infrastructure projects at Nigeria’s federal and sub-national levels.
This formed the crux of his discussions with the Vice-President (Country Programmes) of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Mansur Muhtar.
In the early hours of Thursday, he arrived in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, to join other Heads of State and Government to celebrate the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary and Armed Forces Day.