President Muhammadu Buhari, who returned to Abuja last night from Africa Union Summit in Mauritania received President Emmanuel Macron of France at presidential villa, Abuja, today at 4.00pm on a bilateral talks.
The French President is on a 2-Day Official Visit to Nigeria. The two Presidents holds a Bilateral Meeting and also oversee the signing of a number of Agreements between AsoRock and Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD). After the press briefing.
The French leader discuss issues bordering on security and terrorism with President Buhari.
During the press briefing Emmanuel Macrona said it's very emotional for me to come back to Nigeria 17 years after my stay. I didn't imagine I'd be back in these conditions.
Macron had on Monday in Nouakchott during the closing ceremony of the AU Summit met with the Nigerian leader.
Macron will after his engagement with Buhari visit the Afrika Shrine, a nightclub in Lagos founded by Nigerian music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Social commentators believed that Macron would become the first "real president" to enter the club synonymous with marijuana smoke, sexy backup dancers and protest music.
‘And he is not a stranger to Nigeria. He trained as a senior civil servant at the French Embassy in Lagos in 2004, seven years after Fela died.
Buhari on Monday night returned to Abuja after attending the 31 st Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government, in Nouakchott.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammed Bello, Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari and some government functionaries welcomed the President at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
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