The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will depart Lagos on Tuesday for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the second edition of the Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.
According to a statement signed on Monday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the conference is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and the African Development Bank.
The statement is titled, “President Buhari to Attend the Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.” It read in part, “With Africa accounting for 249 million, or one-third of the world’s 828 million hungry people, the summit, which will be attended by African Heads of State and Government, Ministers of Finance and Agriculture, as well as several global development partners, is expected to make commitments on eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030.
“There will also be side meetings to discuss agreements on the delivery of food and agricultural products in some countries, including Nigeria.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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