BUHARI OFF TO TOKYO CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI,KENYA

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016.The summit, co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Union and the World Bank, will focus on promoting structural economic transformation through diversification and industrialisation;promoting resilient health system for quality life and promoting social stability for shared prosperity.During the conference, Buhari will participate in plenary sessions on TICAD in alignment with African Development, the Dialogue with the Private Sector as well as the Global Launch of the Second Africa Human Development Report.The President will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.