Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after Tanzania trip where he joined other African leaders to participate in the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit.
According to the State House media office, the presidential aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 7:40 pm on Tuesday, 28th of January, 2025.
Tinubu was received by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; and National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, among other government officials.
The two-day Summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Union, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the World Bank Group, adopted the Dar es Salaam Declaration.
The Declaration focused on providing access to electricity for 300 million people in Africa by 2030.
A high point of the event was the presidential endorsement of the Dar es Salaam Declaration by African leaders at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre.
Following the reading of the Declaration, leaders from Nigeria, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia signed the document.
Through the Declaration, the leaders from the 12 countries expressed their commitment to ensuring electricity access for their citizens in the next five years.
The 12 nations plan to achieve the goal through National Energy Compacts, which identify specific policy measures to address constraints across their energy sector and set targets based on their unique context.
