A handout photo released by the Cameroon presidency shows President of Cameroon Paul Biya (R) giving a gift to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential palace in Yaounde on July 29, 2015. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in neighbouring Cameroon for talks on how to combat the escalating regional threat from Boko Haram Islamists. Security was tight for the 24-hour visit, after a surge of Boko Haram violence in Cameroon including an unprecedented series of five suicide bombings in the far north. AFP PHOTO
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA-President Paul Biya of Cameroon would arrive Abuja on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to Nigeria.
The visit is at the instance of President Mohammadu Buhari.
A file photo taken on January 30, 2013 shows Cameroon president Paul Biya speaking to journalists f. AFP PHOTO
A Statement by the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Monday stated that “President Biya, who will be accompanied by his wife, Chantal and senior Cameroonian government officials, will be received tomorrow afternoon at the Presidential Villa, Abuja by President Buhari.”
It added that “Both leaders and their officials will confer on issues of common interest to Nigeria and Cameroon, including ongoing bilateral and regional cooperation against terrorism, violent extremism and cross-border crimes.”
It is expected that “new agreements to strengthen existing ties, as well as trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Cameroon, will be concluded and signed before the end of President Biya’s visit.”
“A joint communiqué on the visit and the talks between the two presidents and their officials will be issued before President Biya’s departure from Abuja on Wednesday”.
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