President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to fly out Nigeria today on a two-day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
According to a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, the visit,
which is at the invitation of His Royal Majesty, King Mohammed VI, will
see the two leaders discuss socio-economic matters affecting their
countries.
It follows prior engagements in December 2016, during the official visit of His Majesty to Nigeria.
In Rabat, discussions will focus on strengthening existing agreements
on the fertilizer industry, education cooperation, the Nigeria-Morocco
Gas Pipeline project and establishing a basic chemical platform to
harness Nigeria’s vast natural gas resources and support Morocco’s
diammonium phosphate industry.
“It is noteworthy that following the signing of a collaboration
agreement between Nigeria and Morocco in December 2016 to revive the
abandoned Nigerian fertilizer blending plants, 14 plants have been
revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI);
with a total capacity of 2.3 million MT of NPK fertilizers.
“The President will be accompanied on the trip by Governor Dave Umahi
of Ebonyi State, Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State and other
senior government officials,” the statement read in part.