As part of the ongoing effort by the federal government to bring foreign capital into the country, Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, left Abuja to attend the 3rd Belt and Road Initiative, BRI, Forum in Beijing, China.
The vice president will represent President Tinubu at the forum expected to take place between October 16 and 18 hosted by world’s second largest economy, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports.
According to a statement released on Sunday by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Shettima is attending the forum alongside 130 other world leaders from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Shetima will leverage on the forum to woo investors form across the globe, the statement said.
The vice president is attending the meeting in continuation of an earlier one in 2018 by former President Muhamamdu Buhari.
Apart from the vice president, other federal government delegation to the forum include Dave Umahi, Minister of Works, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu and the Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Alkali, amongst others.
Part of the statement read: ”The 2023 edition of the BRI will mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) championed by the President of China, Xi Jinping, as an initiative for global infrastructure development strategy.
” Adopted and launched by the government of the People’s Republic of China in 2013.
” The initiative seeks international action to enhance cooperation and promote infrastructure investment in nearly 70 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe through land and maritime routes.
“Nigeria and other partner-countries across the world are to benefit from the initiative in areas of infrastructure investments such as ports, skyscrapers, railroads, roads, bridges, airports, dams and coal-fired power stations.”
