- The summit will take place from September 15 to 17 and will focus on development challenges faced by member nations, particularly from the global south.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will also be attending the summit.
- Vice-President Shettima will be accompanied by ministers and a foreign affairs ministry permanent secretary.
- The summit will explore ways to address development challenges using science, technology, and innovation.
Vice-President Shettima will also hold bilateral meetings with other world leaders to promote Nigeria’s trade and investment relations.
On Wednesday, Vice-President Kashim Shettima will leave Nigeria to attend the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba, where he will be representing President Bola Tinubu.
The summit is scheduled to take place from September 15 to 17.
According to a statement from the vice-president’s media aide, Olusola Abiola, Mr. Shettima will join other global leaders at the summit, including the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. The primary focus of the summit will be to discuss development challenges encountered by member nations, particularly those from the global south.
It said Mr Shettima would be accompanied by agriculture and rural development minister Abubakar Kyari, his innovation, science and technology counterpart, Uche Nnaji, and the foreign affairs ministry permanent secretary, Adamu Lamuwa.
“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,” it noted.
It added, “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 Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel will host the Havana Summit in his capacity as chairman of the G77.
The summit’s theme 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,” the statement explained.
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