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Buhari to travel to Senegal from Lagos on Tuesday

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Senegal on Tuesday where he will attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.
A statement issued by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Monday said the President would depart Lagos for the high-level Dakar 2 Summit hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and the Chairperson of the African Union.

The theme of the summit was given as ‘Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience’.

He said the conference, which sought to create favourable conditions toward achieving food security in Africa, is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and the African Development Bank.
“There will also be side meetings to discuss agreements on the delivery of food and agricultural products in some countries, including Nigeria.
“With Africa accounting for 249 million or a third of the 828 million hungry people in the world, the Summit, to be attended by African Heads of State and Government, Ministers of finance and agriculture, as well as several global development partners, is expected to make commitments on eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030,” he said.
Adesina said Buhari’s delegation would be made up of ministers and top government officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar; National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.
He said President Buhari is expected back in the country on Wednesday, January 25.

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