Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of Mr. Alassane Ouattara for a fourth term in office as President of the country.
Senator Shettima is expected to join other leaders across Africa and beyond to witness activities lined up for the swearing-in ceremony scheduled to hold on Monday, December 8, 2025, at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan.
Quatara was re-elected for a fourth term in office on October 25, 2025, as President of Côte d’Ivoire, a West African country that shares cordial diplomatic ties with Nigeria.
Both nations collaborate significantly within ECOWAS and the African Union on security, trade, and development, formalised by a Bi-National Commission and numerous agreements covering areas like anti-trafficking, agriculture, and digital economy, with strong informal trade and significant Nigerian diaspora in Côte d’Ivoire, fostering deep bilateral economic and social connections.
According to a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President is accompanied by Omar Aliyu Touray, President of ECOWAS Commission; Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Hon. Usman Zannah, member representing Kaga/Gubio/Magumeri federal constituency of Borno State in the House of Representatives.
The Vice President is expected back in Abuja at the end of the inauguration ceremony.
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