President Bola Tinubu will hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation Summit between September 4 and 6, 2024.
Tinubu will travel to China to attend the summit on behalf of the ECOWAS, a West African organisation. The head of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the president of Nigeria.
Tinubu will visit China to represent the West African bloc ECOWAS at the Summit. The Nigerian president is the chairman of the Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government.
Tinubu will talk about regional security and peace at the summit, presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale informed State House correspondents on Tuesday.
Ngelale added that the trip is intended to bring Nigeria substantial economic benefits.
The planned meeting between Tinubu and one of the world’s most powerful presidents will take place amid a flurry of seizures of Nigerian assets by a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited.
