UK-Africa Summit: Buhari participates at opening plenary

- President Buhari has participated, alongside other African leaders and the British prime minister, at the opening plenary of Uk-Africa Summit

- Presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina made this known in a Facebook post while sharing pictures of the president with other African leaders

- Some critic, have, however, criticised the president for allegedly engaging in too many foreign trips

President Muhammadu Buhari participates at the opening plenary of Uk-Africa Summit on Monday, January 20.

Presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina made this known in a Facebook post while sharing pictures of the president with other African leaders and the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson at the event.

The president had on Friday, January 17, departed Nigeria for London to participate in the inaugural UK-Africa investment summit.

However, President Buhari has been repeatedly criticised for embarking on foreign trips too frequently, despite the presidency's defence that the trips are important for the economic well-being of the country.

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Gimba Kakanda, a public affairs analyst and social commentator, recently criticised Buhari's latest trip to the UK.

Kakanda in a series of tweets on Sunday, January 19, said President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa boycotted the UK-Africa summit to "give attention to pressing domestic priorities".

"You see, you don’t just dodge your responsibilities and go abroad to listen to empty speeches while your country burns.

"No President of any serious country travels out when his country is on fire, and his people being killed mindlessly," he tweeted.

Kakanda, mentioning President Buhari's Twitter handle, by way of drawing the president's attention, added that his (Buhari's) South-African counterpart is also not attending the 2020 World Economic Forum Meeting.

He attributed Ramaphosa's decision to the criticism which greeted his recent trip to Egypt when South Africa was experiencing blackouts.

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Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the UK-Africa summit, President Buhari paid a visit to the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles.

President Buhari, during his visit to Scotland, shared warm moments with the monarch on Sunday, January 19.

The president was in the UK with some dignitaries including Nigeria's foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama.

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