President Muhammad Buhari honouring an invitation by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies in the US, “to give a major public address on Nigeria’s future as it stands on the edge of a pivotal national elections.”
This is Contrary to claims that the president is travelling to the United States for medical reasons.
PREMIUM TIMES obtained a correspondence indicating Media reports had suggested some days ago that the APC candidate had become so sick and was planning a medical trip abroad but Mr. Buhari responded by saying he was not sick but only had cold.
But PREMIUM TIMES has now obtained a letter signed by the Director, African Programme of CSIS, Jennifer Cooke, inviting Mr. Buhari to the organisation’s headquarters in Washington DC.
Ms. Cooke gave Mr. Buhari the liberty to choose a convenient date for the proposed lecture.
Ms. Cooke who said the event is expected to attract a large number of United State policymakers, academics, business leaders and members of the diaspora, also told Mr. Buhari that he would be expected to take part in a private off-the-record briefing with a small group of senior US government officials and U.S Congress.
“ This will be an excellent opportunity to develop contacts and articulate your key messages to an influential audience of foreign policy decision-makers.”
