UAE President Mohamed Bin Zayed to visit Nigeria
The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has accepted President Bola Tinubu’s invitation to visit Nigeria this year.
The president requested Shaikh Nahyan to visit Nigeria and invited him during their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025
The Nigerian President arrived in Abu Dhabi last week as a guest of the UAE President to participate in Sustainability Week.
It is a forum for exchanging ideas to support sustainable development worldwide and encourage collective action to address global challenges, such as climate change, water, and energy crises.
He delivered Nigeria’s position on climate and other challenges earlier and congratulated the UAE leader for the successful event.
During the discussions, Shaikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan thanked President Tinubu for accepting his invitation and expressed the UAE’s determination to strengthen economic cooperation between Nigeria and his country.
The two leaders also explored attracting investment into Nigeria.
President Tinubu said his government’s economic reforms were yielding fruits and called on the UAE to partner with Nigeria to develop the economy.
He said the reforms had stabilised and grown the economy, encouraging foreign investors, including international oil companies, to announce billion-dollar investments, signalling renewed confidence in doing business with Africa’s most populous nation.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Finance Wale Edun, and the National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu accompanied President Tinubu to the meeting at the Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental in Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Special Affairs; and H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan accompanied the UAE President.
Other UAE officials at the meeting were: Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation; Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology; and Salem Saeed Al Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to Nigeria.
Reporting by Abdullah Bello; Editing by Abdullahi Lamino
