The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima yesterday departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at two major international Summits in Rome, Italy and St. Petersburg, Russia.
At the Rome event, Vice-President Shettima will join other global leaders for the first Stocktaking Moment (STM) Summit, themed: “Transforming Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity”, billed to hold from Monday, 24th to Wednesday, 26th July.
According to an issued statement by his media office, during the Summit, the Vice President will chair a high-level session, themed: “Innovative Financing for Food System Transformation: The Case of Nigeria”, and the side event on: “Scaling-up Multi-Stakeholders’ Collaboration and Investment in the Implementation of Food Systems Transformation Pathways in Nigeria”.
The event is being organised in collaboration with the Rome-based UN Agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, (FAO); the International Fund for Agricultural Development, (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP), as well as the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and wider UN system.
Vice-President Shettima will then proceed from Rome to St. Petersburg in Russia to represent the President at the Russia-Africa Summit scheduled from Wednesday, 26th to Saturday, 29th July.
While in Russia, the Vice President will join other political and business leaders at the 2nd Russia–Africa Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, focused on strategising to enhance relations between Russia and the African continent, among other benefits.
Also, the Vice-President will participate in bi-lateral meetings with representatives of relevant Russian senior government officials and business leaders to discuss relations between Russia and Nigeria.
Vice-President Shettima, who is accompanied by senior government officials from Ministries, Departments and Agencies, is expected back in the country at the end of the week.
