Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Nigeria to attend two major international Summits in Rome, Italy and St Petersburg, Russia.
Shettima would be representing president Bola Tinubu in the event, a statement signed by Olusola Abiola, Director, Information, Office of the Vice President disclosed on Sunday.
According to the statement, Shettima would join other global leaders for the first Stocktaking Moment (STM) Summit in Rome.
The summit with the themed: “Transforming Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity,” is to commence from Monday, July 24 to Wednesday, July 26.
The vice president is expected to a high-level session themed “Innovative Financing for Food System Transformation: the Case of Nigeria”
Similarly, there would be a side event titled ”Scaling up Multi Stakeholders Collaboration and Investment in the Implementation of Food Systems Transformation Pathways in Nigeria,”
The statement disclosed that 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.
Part of the statement reads: “Shettima will then proceed from Rome to St. Petersburg in Russia to represent the President at the Russia-Africa Summit scheduled from Wednesday, July 26 to Saturday, July 29.
“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.