Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, arrived in the United States for the African Development Bank’s World Food Prize.
Shettima is scheduled to take part in the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, led by the AfDB World Food Prize, which is set to begin in Iowa on October 24.
The Vice President’s Office Spokesman on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, made a statement that included this information.
The VP is billed to attend high-stake meetings across some states of the US with manufacturers, investors, and top government officials.
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The statement read, “On the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, VP Shettima as stated earlier, will be joining the late former United Nations Secretary-General and AGRA founder, Kofi Annan; World Food Prize Laureates; Ghana President, John Kufuor and AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adeshina; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Presidents Felix Tshishiked and Joaquim Chissano; Joyce Banda; Ameenah Gurib – Fakim and IFAD President, Kanayo Nwanze as distinguished African leaders.”
According to Nkwocha, the VP will “use the platform to speak to the potentialities and endowments of Nigeria’s agricultural sector, woo investors and push for commitments in achieving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandates and programmes for Nigeria’s agro-food sector.”
