President Muhammadu Buhari is in Doha, Qatar, for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs).

A statement by the president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, revealed that Buhari was invited to the conference by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and aims to share development ideas and mobilise political will, solidarity, actions and solutions to transform the LDCs, by finding sustainable solutions to poverty, food insecurity, hunger and weak or non-existent infrastructure.

The conference was to also address inadequate healthcare facilities and climate change in LCDs as they struggle to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

President Buhari is expected to return to Daura, Katsina State, on March 8, in readiness for voting in the March 11 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections.