2024 US-Africa Business Summit : VP Shettima Canceled Trip Midway Coz Presidential Jet Had Mechanical Problems-Media Aide
The presidential jet transporting Vice President Kashim Shettima to the United States of America returned to the departure airport on Monday, a development that made the Vice President cancelled his trip to the God’s own country.
Shettima had planned to attend the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas.
The Summit is expected to bring together more than 1,500 U.S. and African public and private sector executives including Heads of State, international investors, U.S. and African government officials, and multilateral stakeholders.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Communications , Stanley Nkwocha, who disclosed this in a statement he issued on Monday, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, will now represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the summit .
He added that Vice President Kashim Shettima ,who was earlier mandated to stand in for the president was unable to make the trip ‘following a technical fault with his aircraft, forcing him to make a detour on the advice of the Presidential Air Fleet’.
The statement however noted that the Vice President will carry on with other national duties.
‘The high-profile summit, taking place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, will bring together political and business leaders from across Africa, the United States, and other regions. It will feature high-level dialogues, networking sessions, and plenaries’ he said
Among the African heads of state expected to attend the summit are President Joseph Boakai of Liberia, President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi, President Joao Lourenço of Angola, President Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi of Botswana, President José Maria Neves of Cabo Verde, and Deputy Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara of Lesotho.
The US-Africa Business Summit aims to foster economic cooperation and explore investment opportunities between the United States and the African countries-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
