Buhari returns to Abuja after Attending EU-AU Summit in Belgium.

By Derrick Bangura.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Saturday after a three-day trip to Brussels, Belgium’s capital, for the sixth EU-Africa Summit. The president, whose official plane, the Nigeria Air Force 1, landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 5:25 p.m., was greeted by senior administration officials as well as leaders of security and law enforcement agencies. Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the President’s Chief of Staff, Mallam Mohammed Musa Bello, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, were among those who greeted him at the airport. President Buhari departed Nigeria on Wednesday, February 16, to join other African and European leaders to discuss issues of mutual concerns to both continents, including financing for sustainable and inclusive growth; climate change and energy transition, digital and transport (connectivity and infrastructure); peace, security, and governance; and private sector support and economic integration. Other issues discussed at the Summit included education, culture and vocational training, migration and mobility; agriculture and sustainable development and health systems, and vaccine production. The president also used the opportunity to attend some bilateral engagements with regard to various issues of interest to Nigeria. Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health; and Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State for the Environment, accompanied him on the tour. Maj.Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), the National Security Adviser; Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency; and Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, was also present.