
Grace Okon
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a successful African Finance Summit in France.
The President’s personal assistant on new media, Bashir Ahmed, made this known through his Twitter handle account on Thursday.
He wrote that the”President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a successful African Finance Summit in France ,which was focused on reviewing African economy, following the crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic”.
“The President had travelled to France to attend the African Finance Summit which has focused on reviewing the African economy following shocks from the coronavirus pandemic and getting relief, especially for the increased debt burden on African countries”.
The summit which was hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, drew major stakeholders from global financial institutions and some heads of governments, who collectively discussed external funding and debt treatment for African countries and private sectors.