Buhari Jets out to Jordan for World Economic Forum
President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja Thursday for Amman to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa holding at the Dead Sea, Jordan. The president is participating at the event on the invitation the King of Jordan, Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein. Mr Buhari will deliver an address at the opening of the plenary alongside Mr Al-Hussein and the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres. He will later join world economic leaders in an informal gathering at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre. According to a statement by Mr Buhari’s spokespersons, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, the Nigerian leader will also hold bilateral meetings with some world leaders on the sidelines of the Forum. The statement said Mr Buhari would depart Amman on Sunday for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to participate in the ninth edition of the Annual Investment Meeting holding April 8-10. The President, according to Mr Adesina, was invited by the UAE Vice-P