Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja for Havana, Cuba, where he is expected to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit from 15th to 17th September, 2023.
The vice president will be joining other world leaders, including the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres at the Summit to deliberate on development issues facing members mostly from the global south.
The Summit will equally explore proactive ways of addressing challenges facing the development of the member-states leveraging science, technology and innovation to enhance socio-economic growth.
A statement signed by the Director of information in the office of the vice president, Olusola Abiola says Shettima will on the sidelines of the Summit hold bilateral meetings with other world leaders to promote Nigeria’s trade and investment relations in line with the economic development diplomacy of the Tinubu administration.
The Havana Summit is being hosted by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel in his capacity as Chairman of the G77 and China, under the theme: “Current Development Challenges: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation.”
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Nigeria is a founding member of the G77 group which was established in 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries. The group – a coalition of 134 developing countries with 80% of world population, aims to promote its members’ collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations.
(Editor Oloyede Oworu)
