President Muhammadu Buhari is set to travel to the United Kingdom on Monday to attend the Global Education Summit on Finance Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021- 2025.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina.
According to Adesina, the summit will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta.
“The summit will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta.
“Deliberations at the summit will focus on: The Power of Education – A Conversation between Global Champions; Transforming Education for Girls; Financing for Impact and Recovery and; What Now? Priorities for Transforming Education in the Coming Five Years, among others,” he said.
The presidential aide added that President Buhari would hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Johnson.
He noted that the President would return to the country by the second week of August, although no specific date was given.
President Buhari, according to Adesina, will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.
Others are the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufai.
