President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with US Secretary of State, John Kerry as from 3pm today at state house, Abuja.
After his audience with the president, Mr. Kerry is also expected to
meet with governors from five northern states at the state house press
waiting room.
The US Secretary of State will, however, have no interaction with the
media in the course of his visit to the presidential villa.
A media advisory shared with state house correspondents indicates that
the visiting US Secretary of State will not grant press interviews in
the course of his visit to state house.
These are ground rules which were said to have been set at a meeting
between officials of state house and Mr Kerry's reconnaissance team.
In a related development, the Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield will travel to Kenya and Nigeria August
21-28. She will first accompany U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on
his August 21-24 trip to Nairobi, Kenya, and the cities of Sokoto and
Abuja in Nigeria.
On August 25 the Assistant Secretary will visit Lagos, Nigeria, where
she will meet with oil industry executives, business representatives,
religious leaders, and our consulate personnel.
The Assistant Secretary will then return to Nairobi August 26-28. She
will lead the U.S. delegation at the Sixth Tokyo International
Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), and will participate in
several bilateral meetings with African leaders.