Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and his Anambra State counterpart, Charles Soludo had attended a stakeholders’ meeting of the Democratic Republic of Congo-Nigeria Business Council held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja.
Obasanjo, who is the Council Patron, praised President Muhammadu Buhari for creating the DR Congo–Nigeria Business Council.”
Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the meeting took place at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja at the weekend.
El-Rufai, who is the Deputy President of the Council, was said to have broken the news while giving a report of his meeting with the President held recently in Abuja.
According to El-Rufai, the President was excited about the Council, saying Buhari said with such a Council in Africa, the future would be brighter to work together.
The governor added, “Mr. President urged the former President to use his energy and network to extend similar formations in countries like Egypt, Ethiopia and South Africa.”
The meeting also had in attendance, the President of the Council and the immediate past Director-General of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga; the governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo; top government officials from DRC and others.
