President Goodluck Jonathan will, on Thursday,
embark on a three-day state visit to Kenya in furtherance of efforts to boost
bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and that country which were initiated
during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Abuja in July this year.
The visit at the invitation of Kenyatta
Bilateral which will also involve talks between Nigeria and Kenya in Nairobi on
Friday will focus on the expansion of cooperation between the two countries in
the areas of trade, economic development, agriculture and tourism development.
President Jonathan, who will be accompanied on
the trip by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry, Trade &
Investment, Interior, Petroleum Resources and Culture, Tourism & National
Orientation is also scheduled to participate in a business forum with leading
Kenyan and Nigerian investors.
He will address a joint session of the Kenyan
Parliament and meet Nigerians resident in the country before returning to
Abuja.
Source:
Leadership
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