Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in the United States of America to attend the Norman Borlaug International Dialogue hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, announced in a statement on Sunday.
He explained that as the event’s special guest, Shettima would deliver a keynote address on October 24.
” In the itinerary of the Vice-President while in the U.S. are stake meetings across some states of the U.S. with manufacturers, investors and top government officials.
” On the Norman Borlaug International Dialogue, Shettima will be joining the late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s organisation, AGRA; World Food Prize laureates; Ghana President, John Kufuor and AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adeshina.
” Others at the event are former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Presidents Felix Tshishiked and Joaquim Chissano; Joyce Banda; Ameenah Gurib – Fakim and IFAD President, Kanayo Nwanze as distinguished African leaders who in the past used the event to canvas support for agricultural development and food sufficiency in Africa.”
Nkwocha stated that the vice president would use the platform to speak about Nigeria’s agricultural sector’s potential and endowments.
He also stated that Shettima would court investors and seek commitments to carry out President Bola Tinubu’s mandates and programmes for Nigeria’s agro-food sector.