President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday June 10, 2018, embarked on two day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
Mr President departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, about 1:55 pm Sunday.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu had earlier on Saturday made a disclosure about Mr Pressident's journey.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant revealed that the visit is at the invitation of His Royal Majesty, King Mohammed VI.
President Buhari will meet his royal majesty, King Mohammed XVI to discuss socio-economic matters affecting the two countries and also focus on strengthening existing agreements in education, agriculture as well as oil and gas.
Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State and other senior government officials.
Mr Shehu also hinted that following prior agreements on the fertilizer industry, 14 plants have been revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).
“In Rabat, discussions will focus on strengthening existing agreements on the fertilizer industry, education cooperation, the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project and establishing a basic chemical platform to harness Nigeria’s vast natural gas resources and support Morocco’s diammonium phosphate industry.
“It is noteworthy that following the signing of a collaboration agreement between Nigeria and Morocco in December 2016 to revive the abandoned Nigerian fertilizer blending plants, 14 plants have been revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI); with a total capacity of 2.3 million MT of NPK fertilizers,” the statement read.
