JUST IN: President arrives in Tokyo after Dubai stopover ahead of TICAD9 Summit

By Kunle Sanni –

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Tokyo after a brief stopover in Dubai last week, as he begins a high-profile international engagement.

The president who arrived early Monday morning was received at Haneda Airport by Ambassador Hideo Matsubara, Japan’s Ambassador in Charge of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD).

In a statement issued on Wednesday, his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu’s first major stop will be in Yokohama, Japan, where he is scheduled to attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) from August 20 to 22.

The conference, themed “Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa,” will focus on strategies to drive Africa’s economic transformation, attract private investment, and build a resilient and sustainable continent anchored on peace and human security.

On the sidelines of the summit, President Tinubu is expected to hold bilateral meetings with Japanese leaders and engage top executives of companies with major investments in Nigeria.

Following his engagements in Japan, the President will proceed to Brazil for the second leg of his working visit.