Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Nigeria to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba.
The summit will take place between September 15 and 17.
The theme of the summit is ‘Current Development Challenges: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation’.
In a statement, Shettima’s media aide, Olusola Abiola, said the Vice-President would join other world leaders at the summit, including the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.
The statement said the summit would discuss development issues facing members, mostly from the global south.
Part of the statement read: “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, 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 President Bola Tinubu administration.”
The statement also mentioned that the Havana Summit will be hosted by Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel in his capacity as chairman of the G77.
Nigeria is a founding member of the G77 group which was established in 1964 by 77 developing countries.
Shettima was accompanied by Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, and the Foreign Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary, Adamu Lamuwa.
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