President Muhammadu Buhari will, Monday, October 25, 2021, leave for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute.
Presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday.
He said the president would be joined at the 5th edition of the flagship investment event by business executives from Nigeria, bankers, captains of industry and energy experts to discuss issues on the future of investments across the globe.
Shehu said President Buhari would be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Zubairu Dada; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva; National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen Babagana Monguno; Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; Managing Director of Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji and Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
According to him, some participants from the private sector include: Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Tope Shonubi , Wale Tinubu, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Hassan Usman, Omoboyode Olusanya, Abubakar Suleiman, Herbert Wigwe and Leo Stan Ekeh.
He said the three-day event, with the theme: “Investment in Humanity”, which would host global executives and asset managers, would deliberate on progress and prosperity with energy; true final frontiers in investments; science in action; and impact of climate change on communities among others.
He said the President would perform the lesser Hajj in Madina & Makka before returning to the country on Friday.