Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived at Iowa in the United States of America to participate in the AfDB World Food Prize-facilitated Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.
His spokeman, Stanley Nkwocha, said on Sunday that as the special guest, the vice president was due to deliver the keynote address at the event which commences on Tuesday, October 24.
He added while in the US, Shettima would have high stake meetings across some states of the US with manufacturers, investors and top government officials.
Nkwocha said on the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, the VP would 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 have used the event to canvas support for agricultural development and food sufficiency in Africa.
He added that the vice president would use the platform to discuss the potential and endowments of Nigeria’s agricultural sector to woo investors and push for commitments in achieving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandates and programmes for Nigeria’s agro-food sector.
Shettima arrived in the US from Beijing, China, where he had represented President Tinubu at the 3rd Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum.
