German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Nigeria.
Merkel was received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
VIDEO: President @MBuhari welcomes German Chancellor, Angela Merkel to the State House. #AsoVillaToday pic.twitter.com/iCss1Nc19Y
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) August 31, 2018
According to the Presidency, President Buhari and the German leader will attend a business roundtable shortly after.
Merkel is being accompanied to Nigeria by a German Business Delegation.
The German team consequently held a meeting with the Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah.
Meeting with German Business Delegation accompanying Chancellor Merkel to Nigeria. Minister of @TradeInvestNG, @OkeyEnelamah presiding; Nigerian Ambassador to Germany @YusufTuggar in attendance.
A number of MoUs will be signed here. #AsoVillaToday 🇩🇪 🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/2zUaAkjmxT
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) August 31, 2018
Those in attendance are Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar, as well as top officials of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and other government agencies.
At the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the German-African Business Association and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA).
Another agreement was also signed between the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and Petkus Technologie GmbH.
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