The President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Chairman of the IsDB Group, His Excellency Dr Muhammad Al Jasser, has embarked on a three-day official working visit to the Nigeria from 23 to 26 October.
The IsDB website says while in Nigeria, th President would pay a courtesy visit to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and hold a strategic development meeting with Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and IsDB Governor to enhance the cooperation between the Africa’s largest economy and the IsDB Group within the framework of the new strategy of the bank.
The IsDB President, along with the other key partners, including African Development Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development, as well as the government, would jointly launch the Special Agro-Processing Zones initiative in Nigeria, a program in which IsDB has contributed for $160 million.
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Dr. Al Jasser would also travel to Kano State to meet with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and pay homage visits to His Royal Highness, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero.
During his working sessions in Kano, the IsDB Group Chairman would also conduct a field visit of the IsDB-Lives and Livelihood Fund (LLF) funded Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project to meet with the beneficiaries and commission a veterinary laboratory at Gwale.
