President Muhammadu Buhari will today, 23rd April 2019 receive the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Presidential aide, Garba Shehu confirmed the visit of the oil-rich country’s emir. The emir is coming three years after President Buhari visited Doha, the Qatari capital in February 2016, where he attended a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
President Buhari during his visit to Qatar in 2016, emphasized the need for member states of OPEC, and non-OPEC members to cooperate and find a common ground to stabilize crude oil prices.
At a bilateral meeting with the emir, Buhari described the then market situation in the industry, which has seen oil prices plummet by 70 percent since mid-2014, as “totally unacceptable.”
Buhari had during the visit invited Qatari investors to take advantage of the abundant opportunities in Nigeria and invest in the key areas of energy, agriculture, real estate development, banking, and finance.
Recall that in March last year, President Buhari received former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Althani, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
