President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Lagos for Senegal on Tuesday where he will attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture. 

The high-level Dakar-2 Summit hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and Chairperson of the African Union is holding under the theme “Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience.”

The conference, which seeks to create favourable conditions toward achieving food security in Africa, is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and African Development Bank Group.

There will also be side meetings to discuss agreements on the delivery of food and agricultural products in some countries, including Nigeria.

With Africa accounting for 249m or 1/3 of 828m hungry people in the world, the Summit, to be attended by African Heads of State & Govt, Ministers of Finance & Agric, as well as global development partners, is expected to make commitments on eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030.

The President’s delegation is made up of Ministers and top government officials including the Minister of Foreign Affiars, Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Mahmood; National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno & DG, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.

President Buhari is expected back in the country on Wednesday, January 25.