Vice President Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2024 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, scheduled for Davos, Switzerland.
It is the first forum to be attended by the number two citizen in the country after President Tinubu cut the number of delegates to represent the country at local and international meetings by 60 percent.
The president capped the number of delegates to accompany him to foreign and Local trips at 20 while that of the vice president was slashed to five delegates.
The president said last week that he took the decision to reduce the cost of governance.
Nigerians are watching closely how many delegates are accompanying the vice president to this forum in Switzerland.
The forum which is expected to draw heads of state across the world starts this week in the European nation.
According to the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement he released on Sunday, Shettima will have a meeting with the President of the World Financial Corporation, IFC, Makhtar Diop during the confab.
Nkwocha disclosed that the VP will join other global political and business leaders at the annual Forum to discuss global socio-economic and development issues.
The statement said, “Top on Vice President Shettima’s agenda, apart from the plenary session, is the launch of the Private Sector Action Plan for African Continental Free Trade Area at a special session to be co-chaired by him.
“He is also billed to hold high-level discussions with the Managing Director of IFC, Makhtar Diop and the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh, among others.”
Shettima has represented President Tinubu at international fora seven times since they came to office in may this year.
Meanwhile, not a few Nigerians are in doubt whether the attendance of Nigerian leaders at such fora has benefitted the country in any way.
