President Buhari to depart tomorrow for Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for
Washington DC tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30,
2016 to join President Barack Obama and about
60 other world leaders and heads of international
organisations at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit
which opens there on Thursday.

At plenary sessions of the summit which is
dedicated to reinforcing international commitment
to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons,
President Buhari will insist that while Nigeria will
continue to sustain that commitment, world
powers must respect the right of other countries
to the peaceful use of nuclear energy for
development purposes.

The President will reaffirm Nigeria’s stance that
international efforts to ensure greater security of
nuclear materials should maintain a balance
between nuclear non-proliferation obligations and
the indisputable right of Nigeria and other
countries to harness nuclear energy and
technology for socio-economic development.