President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for a two-country working go to to South Africa and Angola, the place he’ll take part in two main worldwide summits.
Based on an announcement launched by the Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu’s first cease will probably be Johannesburg to attend the twentieth G20 Leaders’ Summit.
From there, he’ll proceed to Luanda for the African Union–European Union (AU–EU) Summit.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who presently serves as President of the G20, prolonged the invitation to President Tinubu to take part on this 12 months’s summit.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had additionally invited Tinubu to attend the 2024 summit in Rio de Janeiro throughout Brazil’s presidency of the group.
The G20 Summit, scheduled for November 22–23 on the Johannesburg Expo Centre, will convene leaders of the world’s main economies, together with representatives from the European Union, the African Union, world {financial} establishments, and different strategic companions.
Themed “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability,” the two-day occasion will function three plenary periods specializing in:
President Tinubu can be anticipated to carry a number of bilateral conferences geared toward advancing the Federal Authorities’s Renewed Hope Agenda and strengthening regional and worldwide cooperation on peace, safety, and improvement.
Following the G20 Summit, the President will journey to Luanda for the seventh AU–EU Summit, scheduled for November 24–25, 2025.
The assembly will carry collectively Heads of State, younger leaders, innovators, and civil society {groups} from each continents to debate shared challenges and alternatives.
Discussions will deal with local weather motion, inclusive improvement, infrastructure, digital transformation, the artistic financial system, manufacturing, and agribusiness. The summit goals to generate actionable suggestions to deepen AU–EU cooperation throughout these strategic sectors.
President Tinubu will probably be accompanied by senior authorities officers, together with the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economic system, Wale Edun; Minister of Strong Minerals, Dele Alake; Minister of Commerce and Funding, Jumoke Oduwole; and Director-Normal of the Nationwide Intelligence Company, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed.
The President is anticipated to return to Nigeria on the finish of the engagements.
Final month, Tinubu attended the Aqaba Course of Heads of State and Authorities Assembly held in Rome, Italy.
The high-level summit, convened on Wednesday, October 15, on the Nationwide Gallery of Trendy and Up to date Artwork in Rome, targeted on strengthening regional and worldwide cooperation to fight terrorism and violent extremism, with a specific emphasis on West Africa.
On the sidelines of the convention, President Tinubu held a collection of bilateral engagements. He first met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the place each leaders mentioned methods to boost Nigeria–Italy cooperation in areas of {economic} improvement and safety.