PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will host President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to a two-day official visit to Nigeria starting Tuesday.
Erdogan will be in Africa’s most populous nation for a two-day official visit.
The Turkish leader is accompanied by his wife and First Lady, Emine Erdogan.
A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said the visiting president is expected to come in from Angola, and depart to Togo at the end of his visit.
The statement said in the course of the visit, the leaders of the two countries are expected to consider about two dozen Bilateral Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, MOUs and they will authorise the signing of those on which there is concurrence.
It said in addition to the bilateral discussions, President Erdogan will hold a one-on-one meeting with President Buhari and he is expected to commission the Turkish Cultural Centre in Abuja while his wife, Emine, accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari is expected to commission the newly-renovated Government Secondary School in Wuse 11.
The statement informed that the school was renovated by a Turkish aid organization, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordinating Agency, TIKA.
<span;>Nigeria considers Turkey a close partner and sees this visit as a milestone in our bilateral relations, it added.
