Tinubu, Wife Set To Fly To France For Three-Day State Visit
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President Bola Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi, will depart Abuja to France on Wednesday for a three-day state visit.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement Tuesday, that the visit is “in honour of an invitation from President Emmanuel Macron.”
Onanuga said, “The Nigerian leader’s three-day visit, which will focus on strengthening political, economic, and cultural relations and establishing more opportunities for partnership, particularly in agriculture, security, education, health, youth engagement and employment, innovation, and energy transition, promises significant benefits for Nigeria.”
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Tinubu and his wife, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, will be received on Thursday at the 350-year-old French military museum, Les Invalides and Palais de l’Élysée, by Macron and his spouse, Brigitte, for initial ceremonies that will dovetail into bilateral meetings.
During the visit, Tinubu and Macron will harmonise positions on stimulating more interest in exchange programmes that focus on skill development for youths and improving their competencies in automation, entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership.
