President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to fly out of Nigeria today, October 24 to Niamey, the capital of the Republic of Niger.

While in the country, Buhari will participate in a meeting on common currency for the West African sub-region.

Member countries of the ECOWAS Task Force on Common Currency are: ‎Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Niger.

The President will be joined by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, at the meeting.

Buhari is expected to return to Abuja same day after the meeting.