Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima departs Nigeria on Wednesday, 13 September, to attend the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba, from 15 to 17 September 2023.
He will be representing his principal President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the summit.
Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the Vice President will join other world leaders at the Summit, including the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to deliberate on development issues facing members mostly from the global south.
READ ALSO: G20 Summit: AI Avatar Welcomes Global Leaders At ‘Mother Of Democracy’ Exhibition
Also, Vice President 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 summit theme is: “Current Development Challenges: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation.”
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.
Nigeria is a founding member of the G77 group, established in 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries.
Shettima is accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abubakar Kyari; the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji; and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Adamu Lamuwa, amongst others.