Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa said, the President, while in Saudi Arabia, would discuss several issues of mutual concern with respect to economic ties between the regions and with respect to the issues of counter terrorism, the environment and agriculture.
Ngelale noted that the President, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will be taking part in the summit ensuring that he is at the forefront of advocating for deepening the partnership of the two regions.
According to Ngelale, other areas for discussion will be in terms of accelerating the level of trade and investment between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the African continent.
“Obviously, President Tinubu, is very keen on ensuring that the Federal Republic of Nigeria within the context of the continent is in a position to maximally leverage on opportunities that will be afforded by the implementation of the African continental Free Trade Agreement, where we will be having a single trade market of over 1 billion Africans.
“The expectation according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is that by the year 2050, our market here on the continent would have surpassed $29 trillion,” Ngelale said.