Nigeria’s leader Bola Tinubu has come to Abuja after being abroad for two weeks.
Tinubu came to his official home at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, early on Wednesday, PUNCH Online confirmed.
In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said, “President Bola Tinubu, with his assistants, will come back to Nigeria tomorrow from Europe.”
Two weeks ago, on April 23, 2024, the President left Abuja for The Netherlands for a three-day official visit, accepting an invitation from the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.
While in the Netherlands, he took part in the Nigerian-Dutch Business and Investment Forum, which brought together heads of conglomerates and organizations in both countries.
He also had separate meetings with His Royal Majesty, King Willem-Alexander, and Queen Maxima of the Kingdom.
As earlier announced by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu went from The Netherlands to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend a World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development planned for April 28–29.
He joined over 1,000 leaders from business, government, and academia from more than 90 countries to review actions taken since the inaugural Growth Summit held in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2023.
It was his second visit to the Gulf state in five months.
After the summit, however, the President did not come back to the country immediately.
Although no official statement was issued on the President’s further engagements, sources within the Presidency confirmed that he went to London for a private visit and was set to return last weekend.
Tinubu went on a similar private visit to London between June 24–28, 2023, where he met his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. He had attended the Paris Summit for the New Global Financial Pact days earlier.
His return on Wednesday ends his 20th foreign trip since assuming office last May, logging 96 days abroad.
So far, he has visited Paris, France (thrice); London, the United Kingdom (twice); Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (twice); Nairobi, Kenya; Porto Novo, Benin Republic; New Delhi, India; Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates; New York, the United States of America; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (twice); Berlin, Germany; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dakar, Senegal; Doha, Qatar; and The Hague, The Netherlands.
