President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Sunday for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 19th meeting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in the South American country.
In a statement released on Sunday, the president’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu’s participation is at the instance of the Brazilian President and current President of the group, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The Summit, which will be held from Monday, November 18, to Tuesday, November 19, will bring together leaders from the world’s top 20 economies, including the European Union, the African Union, and multilateral financial institutions.
This year’s meeting, under the theme ‘Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet,’ will see the participants discuss the fight against hunger and poverty, reform of the Institution of global governance, sustainable development, and Energy Transition.
President Tinubu is also expected to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Summit to advance Nigeria’s socio-economic reforms.
He will be accompanied by top government officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, the Ministers of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Art, Tourism, Culture and Creativity, Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed.
