Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Buhari gets G-7 Invitation to World Economic Summit



The summit of the group of seven industrialized countries in the world popularly known as the G-7 has extended its invitation to Nigeria's President- elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to attend the next meeting scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany, on May 8 and 9.The G-7 invitation was conveyed to Buhari by the German ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Zenner, during his congratulatory visit to Buhari on Monday at the Defence House in Abuja.The summit of the G-7 group is currently chaired by German Chancellor, Angela Merkel while the countries that make up the G-7 are United States, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada.If Buhari accepts the invitation, it will be his first major international outing as the country's  president-elect and would open doors of opportunity to reach-out to the more prosperous nations for collaborative engagements.

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