President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to depart Abuja on Thursday for an international working trip that will take him to Japan and Brazil, with an initial stopover in Dubai, UAE.
The President’s first official destination is Yokohama, Japan, where he will participate in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), taking place from August 20 to 22. The high-level summit, themed “Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa,” is aimed at fostering economic transformation across the continent through institutional strengthening, private investment, technological innovation, and sustainable development.
Organised by the Japanese government and co-hosted by the UN, UNDP, African Union Commission, and the World Bank, TICAD has since 1993 served as a global forum for dialogue and development cooperation between Japan and African nations.
The last summit took place in Tunisia in 2022.
While in Yokohama, Tinubu will engage in bilateral discussions with Japanese government officials, and meet with executives from major Japanese firms active in Nigeria.
The agenda includes efforts to scale up trade, investment, and industrial partnerships, with particular focus on the energy, infrastructure, and technology sectors.
After the Japan summit, Tinubu will head to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, for a two-day state visit from August 24 to 25, at the invitation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
During the Brazil stopover, the Nigerian leader is expected to take part in bilateral meetings, attend a business forum, and witness the signing of multiple agreements and MoUs geared towards enhancing cooperation in trade, agriculture, and industrial development.
According to presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu will be joined by a delegation of key ministers and senior officials, underlining the administration’s commitment to building strategic international partnerships in line with its economic growth agenda.
The trip, Onanuga said, reflects the government’s goal of aligning Nigeria with global partners for mutual development, especially as Tinubu’s economic team targets 7% GDP growth by 2027.
