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Buhari off to US for nuclear energy summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday, resume his international travels, as he jets out to Washington DC for Nuclear Energy Summit.
President Buhari is billed to join President Barack Obama and about 60 other world leaders and heads of international organisations at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit billed to open on Thursday.
The summit is dedicated to reinforcing international commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
The President, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, will reinterate Nigeria’s commitment to the fact that world powers must respect the right of other countries to the peaceful use of nuclear energy for development purposes.
The statement also said the President will reaffirm Nigeria’s stance that international efforts to ensure greater security of nuclear materials should maintain a balance between nuclear non-proliferation obligations and the indisputable right of Nigeria and other countries to harness nuclear energy and technology for socio-economic development.
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President Buhari informed the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr. Yukiya Amano that the Federal Government will welcome greater support from the agency for Nigeria’s aspiration to begin the generation of electricity with nuclear energy earlier in the month.
The President will also hold bilateral meetings with other participating Heads of Government and high-ranking United States Government officials while in Washington DC.
The President’s delegation includes Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) and the Director-General of Nigeria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Prof Lawrence Anikwe Dim.
He is billed to return to Abuja on Sunday.
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