Jaiyeola Andrews
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire capital, today to attend a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government.
Jonathan and other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are scheduled to confer with the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe, who will also arrive in the Ivorian capital today as the head of a high-powered Japanese Trade Mission targeting expanded business opportunities in Africa.
Abe’s meeting in Abidjan with Jonathan and other ECOWAS leaders is a follow-up to the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) held in June last year which discussed trade, investment, peace and stability in Africa.
This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.
The Japanese Prime Minister’s talks with ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are expected to boost economic cooperation between Japan and countries in the sub-region.
Jonathan, who is due back in Abuja on Saturday, will be accompanied to Abidjan by the Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed and his Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Nwanze Okidigbe.
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