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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is off to Paris, capital of France, on a “private visit”.

According to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, from Frane, the president would move to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, for the forthcoming African Union Summit.

“In Addis Ababa, President Tinubu will join African leaders at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Heads of State, scheduled from February 12th to 16th, 2025.”


“The president will arrive in Addis Ababa early next week for the African Union summit. While in France, President Tinubu will meet with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron,” Onanuga said in a statement.

Tinubu’s trips abroad have come under public scrutiny on the back of the economic hardship in the country, with Nigerians raising concerns over his large entourage.

There have also been arguments whether such trips had attracted commensurate benefits and investments for the country.

But while appearing on a Channels Television programme a few weeks ago, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, had said Nigeria is rich enough to fund the president’s frequent foreign trips.

He had said Tinubu, contrary to the complaints, even needed to embark on more trips because of its strategic importance and inherent benefits to the country.


The minister noted that Tinubu could only strengthen ties with fellow global leaders in his quest to set the country on the right path.

He had said, “It is not a fair assessment. The administration is still new because the President was sworn in in 2023. In global terms, he is still a new president. He needs to interact with his colleagues and fellow heads of state to be able to establish relationships.

“You can further see the fruits of these trips and their benefits which attracted $2bn (worth) of investments like he did in Brazil. In fact, I would venture to say we are not travelling enough. We should do more.

“Nigeria has the money. How much does travelling cost compared to the benefits? Again, how much does it cost really when you compare it to some of the things that the President has already addressed?


“How much have we wasted on fuel, electricity and other subsidies? He was subsidising consumption instead of production and subsidising the real sector of the economy,” he added.

Since assuming office in 2023, Tinubu has reportedly visited about 19 countries on 32 foreign trips.

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-tinubu-off-to-france-on-private-visit-2/

France is for Tinubu as UK is for Baba Buhari.

Ajala off to France again.

Another useless jamboree just to waste the taxpayer's resources of this nation. Obviously another health tourism disguised as state visit. Why cant President Macron ever come visiting here in Nigeria?

Baba emilokan want to go and recharge his battery 😃😃😃😃😃

Why now, when UK, US and Canadians are rushing to Nigeria for medical treatment, Tinubu is going to France?

The battery don go low again. 25% left

Not surprised
Nigeria no kukuma get President
Make Obasa deputize for am in his absence

Safe trip

I hope Helinues and yarimo travelled with him🤣😂

That's where the private doctors

My president

Medical...

Tinubu is human, he has blood running through his veins, he has a private life too.
He should also attend to his personal needs.
He shouldn't die because he is serving Nigeria and every outing must be for the country.

To recharge his dead battery.

But one idiot said there is a world class state of the art hospital in Abuja.
And that foreigners were now coming to Nigeria to seek for health care.

For more cosignments

Buhari and Tinubu love d perks of the office of the presidency but not d roll up ur sleeves and work hard stuff. They love tto junketh around deceiving themselves that they r attracting foreign investments. However touring ministries, departments and agencies of govt ; touring states to make sure that their 7 or whatever point agenda is fully actualized. For where.
PS I'm not Ipob or those trivial things riffrafs blab on nairaland. I'm a citizen who desperately want to see his country work

Off to launder money and drvûgg trafffekin using private Jet and as well charge his dying battery as usual
Expect dollar to resume it's cyclical free fall when ever this do no good abscond away from his country

There's something in this France for Tinubu


Buhari was London


Maybe Shetima will be Saudi Arabia

To meet up with his crooked chagoury friend.

To hide and do deals to enrich him and his gang

Him never tell us wetin dey that France wey him dey always run go hide

Lol it's time for Obidients and Atikulators to make different conspiracy theories up about the visit.

We will soon hear that he has died in France hospital and now being replaced with Koumenis Amin of Uganda. 😂

😂

ok

It's time to recharge his battery as usual.

This is a lesson to Nigerian youths. Don't take hard drugs while you are young. Old age will ask.

Renewed Hope ....

tishbite43:
Not surprised
Nigeria no kukuma get President
Make Obasa deputize for am in his absence

Angry and bitter Igbo man spotted. Anger is their default setting.

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He has gone to recharge