President Tinubu has returned to Abuja after attending the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, where he witnessed the signing of a trade agreement between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.
In a statement issued on Saturday via x, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, confirmed the President’s homecoming.
“President Tinubu returns to Nigeria after Abu Dhabi trip” is the title of the announcement.
On Sunday, December 28, 2025, President Tinubu left Nigeria to spend the remainder of his yearly leave in Paris.
He then proceeded to Abu Dhabi for the annual summit, which ran from January 11 to 15. In 2025, the President was also in Abu Dhabi for the same summit.
Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates inked a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement outside of the summit.
The agreement aims to strengthen economic cooperation, increase bilateral trade and investment, improve technology transfer, and broaden collaboration across important sectors, including energy, infrastructure, agriculture, mining, and renewable energy. It also gives thousands of Nigerian products duty-free access to the UAE market.
Nigeria was represented by Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment; the UAE was represented by Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, and President Tinubu both attended the signing.
Following the event, Oduwole stated that the deal would provide Nigerian exporters with access to international markets.
She stated that Nigerian companies might establish offices and subsidiaries in the United Arab Emirates, and business owners could spend up to ninety days there during the course of a year.
In his address to the summit, President Tinubu announced that Nigeria aims to mobilise up to $30bn annually in climate and green industrial finance as part of efforts to accelerate energy transition reforms and expand electricity access nationwide.
He disclosed that Nigeria’s Climate Investment Platform would mobilise $500m for climate-resilient infrastructure, while the National Climate Change Fund is targeting a $2bn capitalisation.
President Tinubu also announced that a joint Nigeria-UAE Investopia summit would be held in Lagos in February.
Investors, entrepreneurs, legislators, and business executives are anticipated to gather at the event to discuss investment prospects in Nigeria.
Every year, the UAE organises the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, a global event that encourages conversations on energy transition, climate action, and sustainability.
The 2026 edition, themed “The Nexus of Next: All Systems Go,” focused on the integration required for sustainable transitions across finance, technology, energy, and human capital.
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