President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Friday afternoon to attend a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government.
According to Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan and other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are scheduled to confer with Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe, who will also arrive in the Ivorian capital tomorrow at the head of a high-powered Japanese Trade Mission targeting expanded business opportunities in Africa.
“Mr. Abe’s meeting in Abidjan with President 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”, Abati wrote in a statement.
“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”.
Accompanying Jonathan on the trip are Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed; and his Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Nwanze Okidigbe. The president returns to Abuja on Saturday.
