Lasting efforts by Nigeria and other disgruntled members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), to achieve stability over the drastic drop in price of crude oil exports are expected to be on top the agenda as President Muhammadu Buhari commences a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar today, the Presidency has said.
According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina , the president will be accompanied by a high-powered Federal Government delegation, including the Minister of State (Petroleum) and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.
The president will first fly to Riyadyh for talks tomorrow with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and senior officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“Crude oil prices and market stability will also be on the front burner when President Buhari goes to Doha on Saturday for talks on Sunday with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,” Adesina said.
The president is also scheduled to meet with leading Saudi and Qatari businessmen in Riyadh and Doha and invite them to support his administration’s efforts to revamp the economy by taking advantage of the great investment opportunities currently available in Nigeria’s mining, agriculture, power supply, infrastructure, transportation, communications and other sectors.
Buhari’s other engagements in Saudi Arabia include meetings with heads of international financial organizations and multilateral associations.
Before going to Doha, the president will visit Medina and Mecca to pray for greater peace, prosperity and progress in Nigeria.
