Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Nigeria to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77 China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba, holding from fifteenth to seventeenth of September.
The Office of the Vice President, in a statement, said Shettima would join other world leaders, including the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres, at the Summit,
deliberate on developmental issues facing members, mostly from the global south.
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, themed, “Current Development Challenges: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation.”
The Vice President is being accompanied by the agriculture and rural development minister, Abubakar Kyari, his innovation, science and technology counterpart, Uche Nnaji, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adamu Lamuwa.
