President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London Monday for an education summit. After the summit, the president will also spend time in London for a ‘medical check-up,’ his office said in a statement.
The president will return in the second week of August, indicating the trip will take two weeks.
Read the full statement from the presidency below.
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT BUHARI ATTENDS GLOBAL EDUCATION SUMMIT IN LONDON
President Muhammadu Buhari will today Monday July 26, 2021, travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025.
The Summit, which will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, will bring together Heads of State and Government as well as stakeholders and youth leaders, and provide a platform for partners to chart a way forward towards transforming education systems in partner countries, through exchange of best practices.
It will also offer the opportunity for leaders to make 5-year pledges to support GPE’s work to help transform education systems in up to 90 countries and territories.
Deliberations at the Summit will focus on: The Power of Education –A Conversation between Global Champions; Transforming Education for Girls; Financing for Impact and Recovery and; What Now? Priorities for Transforming Education in the Coming Five Years, among others.
