See Buhari’s latest destination on his travels
– President Buhari has arrived back in his hometown – The president is in Daura to launch an economic and investment summit – Katsina state has been plagued by economic stagnation and requires foreign investment President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his hometown Daura in Katsina state to begin a four-day visit to the state. The […]
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– President Buhari has arrived back in his hometown
– The president is in Daura to launch an economic and investment summit
– Katsina state has been plagued by economic stagnation and requires foreign investment
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his hometown Daura in Katsina state to begin a four-day visit to the state.
The President’s plane landed at Katsina airport at about 4.25 p.m. from where he was taken by helicopter to Daura, near the border with Niger.
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He was received by the state’s governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari, and top federal and state government functionaries at the airport before leaving for Daura.
The president is expected back in Katsina on Monday, where he will be engaged in official assignments.
He is scheduled to open and participate in the Katsina State Economic and Investment Summit, aimed at diversifying the state’s ailing economy.
The president arriving in Daura earlier today
The summit, which is scheduled to take place between Monday and Wednesday, is designed to attract investors and leaders of the corporate world, within and outside the country.
Earlier, Governor Masari had told State House correspondents in Abuja that the summit was conceived as a platform to showcase the state’s natural economic features to the outside world as well as to attract investors.
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“The Katsina State Economic and Investment Summit is about diversification of the state’s economy,” the governor said.
“It is about creating awareness among the citizens of the state about the need to be entrepreneur-conscious, to be creative and self-reliant.”
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