Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after representing President Bola Tinubu at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) in New York and participating in strategic meetings in Germany.
The office of the Vice President described his outing as successful and rewarding for the country.
During the week-long international engagement, the Vice President, in a release issued on Thursday by his Media Assistant, Stanley Nkwocha, delivered President Tinubu’s national statement calling for comprehensive UN reforms, championed Africa’s sovereignty over its $700 billion mineral resources, and strengthened strategic partnerships with the United Kingdom, Gates Foundation, and other international stakeholders.
Shettima later met with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and secured his commendation for Nigeria’s bid for a permanent Security Council seat and in another engagement, he showcased the country’s $200 billion energy transition opportunity to global investors.
One of his engagements in US was meeting with select members of Diaspora Nigerians in the United States where he harped on the need for them to think investing in Nigeria. He assured them of the safety of their investments, stressing that Tinubu’s economic engineering has started yielding fruits one of which is stabilizing the naira in the forex market.
The Vice President also assured the Nigerian diaspora community of robust engagement in the President Tinubu administration’s policies and programmes before his engagements in Ge
