Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived the United States of America to participate in the African Development Bank (AfDB) World Food Prize-facilitated Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue slated for Iowa.
According to a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, as the special guest, the Vice President is due to deliver the keynote address at the event which commences on October 24th, 2023.
He said in the itinerary of the Vice President while in the US are high stake meetings across some states of the US with manufacturers, investors and top government officials.
“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 who in the past have used the event to canvas support for agricultural development and food sufficiency in Africa.
“The Vice President 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,” he added.
