President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for Washington DC on Wednesday, to reaffirm Nigeria's entitlement to utilize atomic vitality for improvement.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said in an announcement on Tuesday that the Commander-in-Chief would join President Barack Obama and around 60 other world pioneers and heads of global associations at the fourth Nuclear Security Summit which opens at the United States' capital on Thursday.

At entire sessions of the summit which is devoted to fortifying universal duty to the non-multiplication of atomic weapons, President Buhari would demand that while Nigeria keeps on maintaining that dedication, world forces must regard the privilege of different nations to the serene utilization of atomic vitality for advancement purposes.

The President would likewise reaffirm Nigeria's position that worldwide endeavors to guarantee more prominent security of atomic materials ought to keep up a harmony between atomic non-expansion commitments and the undeniable right of Nigeria and different nations to tackle atomic vitality and innovation for financial advancement.

"It will be reviewed that at a meeting with him in Abuja not long ago, President Buhari told the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr Yukiya Amano, that the Federal Government will welcome more prominent backing from the office for Nigeria's goal to start the era of power with atomic vitality.

"While in Washington DC for the Nuclear Security Summit, the President and his appointment which incorporates Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd.) and the Director-General of Nigeria's Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Professor Lawrence Anikwe Dim, will likewise hold respective gatherings with other taking an interest Heads of Government and high-positioning United States Government authorities," the announcement read.

President Buhari would leave Washington DC for Abuja on Sunday.