Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima is on his way to Havana Cuba, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit, which is held from 15th to 17th September, 2023.
He will be joining other World leaders, including the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres at the Summit, to deliberate on development issues facing members of the group, 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.
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 agenda of President Tinubu’s administration.
The Havana Summit would be hosted by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in his capacity as Chairman of the G77.
The theme of the summit is “Current Development Challenges: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation.”
Nigeria is a founding member of the G77 group established in 1964 by 77 developing countries.
The group, a coalition of 134 developing countries with 80 per cent of world population, aims to promote its members’ collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations,” he added.
Shettima would be accompanied by agriculture and rural development minister Abubakar Kyari, his innovation, science and technology counterpart, Uche Nnaji, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Adamu Lamuwa.(NAN).
