Buhari arrives London ahead of the Education Summit

By Yusuf Olawale

President Muhammad Buhari has arrived in London for the proposed Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021 to 2025.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NANS), it was reported that the president’s aircraft arrived at the Stansted International Airport, London at about 11:20 pm (local time) with the temperature at 22 degrees celsius.

It was garnered from the statement of the spokesman of Mr. President, Femi Adesina, that the summit would be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta.

According to him, the summit which would see the presence of stakeholders and government agencies would be a stepping stone towards transforming the educational systems in partner countries through the exchange of best practices.

Also, the summit will offer freedom for leaders to make 5-year pledges to support GPE’s work to help transform education systems in up to 90 countries and territories.

Mr. Adesina stated that deliberations at the Summit will focus on: “The Power of Education –A Conversation between Global Champions’; ‘Transforming Education for Girls’; ‘Financing for Impact and Recovery’; and ‘What Now? Priorities for Transforming Education in the Coming Five Years’, among others.’’