Jonathan Joins ECOWAS Leaders to Meet with Japanese PM in Abidjan

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Thursday, January 9th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Friday, January 10, 2014, to attend a meeting of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan

According to a statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, President Jonathan and other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are scheduled to confer with the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe who is leading a high-powered Japanese Trade Mission targeting expanded business opportunities in Africa.

“Mr. Abe’s meeting in Abidjan with President Jonathan and other ECOWAS leaders is a follow-up to the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) held in June last year which discussed trade, investment, peace and stability in Africa.

The Japanese Prime Minister’s talks with ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are expected to boost economic cooperation between Japan and countries in the sub-region,” the statement said.

President Jonathan who is due back in Abuja on Saturday, January 11, 2014, will be accompanied to Abidjan by the Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed and his Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Nwanze Okidigbe.