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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Japan yesterday ahead of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). The conference kicks off in Yokohama tomorrow.

The President, whose plane touched down at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo at about 12:55am local time on Tuesday, was welcomed by Ambassador Hideo Matsubara, the Japanese Ambassador in Charge of TICAD.

Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Yusuf Tugga was with the President.

TICAD9, which follows after the last one held in Tunisia in 2022, will hold from tomorrow to Friday.

The conference, themed: “Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa,” will focus on accelerating Africa’s economic transformation through private investment, innovation, and stronger institutions.

The President is scheduled to attend plenary sessions, hold bilateral talks with world leaders, and engage Japanese business executives, including companies with existing or potential investments in Nigeria.

TICAD, launched in 1993 by the Japanese government, is co-hosted by the United Nations, the UN Development Programme, the African Union Commission (AUC), and the World Bank.

Held every three years, it alternates between Japan and African host countries.

At the conclusion of TICAD9, the President will head to Brazil for a state visit from August 24 to 25 at the invitation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

His engagements in Brazil will include bilateral discussions with his host, participation in a Nigeria–Brazil Business Forum and the signing of agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) aimed at deepening economic cooperation.

panpan:
In summary, this is a Japan-Africa summit.
The presence of the World Bank only complicates the issue.
The president should decline attending conferences like this. Or will there be "consequences" if he refuses to attend?

ottersberger:
Questions that readily come to mind:

1. Where has Tinubu been in the past five days, and what was the purpose of his visits?
2. Why has the Nigerian president not been received by his counterpart, even though this is not a state visit?

This man and his advisers are disgracing Nigeria and Nigerians in pursuit of their own agenda.

Exousiang01:
If he wasn't invited you and your likes will be hear making noise.
We have stooped listening to your kind.

Even when the US invited the lowest of African leaders you lots were throwing shades, despite the fact that the invite was for inconsequential African Nations

panpan:
In summary, this is a Japan-Africa summit.
The presence of the World Bank only complicates the issue.
The president should decline attending conferences like this. Or will there be "consequences" if he refuses to attend?

peekspot:
https://thenationonlineng.net/tinubu-arrives-in-japan-ahead-of-ticad9/

ottersberger:
Questions that readily come to mind:

1. Where has Tinubu been in the past five days, and what was the purpose of his visits?
2. Why has the Nigerian president not been received by his counterpart, even though this is not a state visit?

This man and his advisers are disgracing Nigeria and Nigerians in pursuit of their own agenda.

ottersberger:
Questions that readily come to mind:

1. Where has Tinubu been in the past five days, and what was the purpose of his visits?
2. Why has the Nigerian president not been received by his counterpart, even though this is not a state visit?

This man and his advisers are disgracing Nigeria and Nigerians in pursuit of their own agenda.

panpan:
In summary, this is a Japan-Africa summit.
The presence of the World Bank only complicates the issue.
The president should decline attending conferences like this. Or will there be "consequences" if he refuses to attend?

Exousiang01:
How many times have you seen the president Tinubu personally receiving any head of state?
Even when the Indian guy came it was Wike who received him.
You know nothing about protocols,only thing you know is throwing shades even when it makes evident you obvious ignorance.

He was in Brazil, now you can fly directly from Nigeria to Brazil, if you and your brothers like start using that route to push dr*gs

ottersberger:
Questions that readily come to mind:

1. Where has Tinubu been in the past five days, and what was the purpose of his visits?
2. Why has the Nigerian president not been received by his counterpart, even though this is not a state visit?

This man and his advisers are disgracing Nigeria and Nigerians in pursuit of their own agenda.

Burob:
you suppose dey peruse the unemployment section more.

ottersberger:
Questions that readily come to mind:

1. Where has Tinubu been in the past five days, and what was the purpose of his visits?
2. Why has the Nigerian president not been received by his counterpart, even though this is not a state visit?

This man and his advisers are disgracing Nigeria and Nigerians in pursuit of their own agenda.