German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will begin a two-day state visit to Nigeria on Tuesday.
This was revealed in a statement released by the German Embassy to newsmen on Monday.
According to the release, President Steinmeier will meet with Alieu Omar Touray, the president of the Commission of Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president of Nigeria.
The statement said that Steinmeier will next travel to Lagos, where he will meet with civil society and cultural leaders in Nigeria, including Dr. Nike Okundaye and Prof. Wole Soyinka, as well as business representatives and a start-up cluster.
He will take a tour of Lagos and learn about the social and environmental issues that arise in a megacity’s urban growth.
The statement said:
“President Steinmeier will be accompanied by a business delegation of CEOs and high-ranking board members of some of Germany’s most successful companies in the fields of IT, hightech and energy – an indication of the rising interest of German businesses in opportunities to invest in Nigeria.
“This visit sends a strong signal: Nigeria is an important political, economic and cultural partner of Germany in Africa.”
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