President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for South Africa today to
participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in
Johannesburg where he will ask China’s President Xi Jinping to fund rail
and power projects urgently needed to diversify an economy hit hard by a
plunge in oil prices. He will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Geoffrey Onyema; Minister of Transportation, Chubuike Amaechi; and the
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah to the
forum which would commence on December 4 and end on December 5.
