Vice President Kashim Shettima has just concluded a meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
The engagement focused on diaspora participation in national development, investment, skills transfer and the role of Nigerians abroad in advancing the country’s economic and diplomatic interests.
Later today, Thursday, VP Shettima is expected to present President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s National Statement at the General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, outlining Nigeria’s position on key global issues and the administration’s priorities for reform, development, peace and international cooperation.
VP Shettima was joined at the meeting by Governors Babagana Zulum of Borno State; AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State; Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State; Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele; as well as spouses of the Governors of Kwara, Katsina, Abia and Osun States.
Also at the meeting were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro; Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake; Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim; Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite; and Minister of State, FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure.
Others included Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim; Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Lateef Kayode Are; heads of government agencies and senior officials of Nigeria’s missions in the United States, among others.
