President Muhammadu Buhari Set to Travel to Saudi Arabia for Investment Conference

President Muhammadu Buhari would today (October 25, 2021) travel to Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia to participate in an investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. 

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja stated that the President would be joined at the event in Riyadh by Nigerian captains of industry, Banking executives, energy experts and other prominent investment experts to discuss the future of investments in Nigeria.

Themed, ‘Invest in Humanity’,  the three-day event is scheduled to hold from October 26-28. According to Future Investment Initiative Institute, more than 250 speakers from around the world would be in attendance, including the U.S Department of the Treasury former Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samoura and the Standard Chartered Bank Group CEO, William Winters.

Shehu statement further said President Buhari would be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resourced, Chief Timipre Sylva, the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Managing Director of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, Mr Uche Orji and the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

Participants from the private sector include Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, the Founder and Chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, Wale Tinubu, the Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC, Abubakar Suleiman, the Managing Director/ CEO of Sterling Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe,  the CEO and Group managing director of Access Bank Plc among others.

The Future Investment Initiative Institute is a Non-profit organization run by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund. The main focus areas of the organization include sustainability, healthcare, artificial intelligence and robotics.