PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to depart Abuja today, Sunday, November 17, for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 19th G20 Leaders’ Summit.
The high-profile meeting, scheduled for November 18-19, will convene global leaders to discuss pressing international issues under the theme, “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet.”
According to a statement issued by his special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu’s invitation to the summit came from Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who currently chairs the G20.
The gathering will bring together leaders from the world’s largest economies, alongside representatives from the African Union, the European Union, and key international financial institutions.
The summit’s agenda includes discussions on combating global hunger and poverty, reforming international governance structures, and advancing sustainable development and energy transition efforts.
These topics align closely with Nigeria’s long-standing advocacy for global institutional reforms and its aspirations for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
On the sidelines of the summit, President Tinubu is expected to hold bilateral meetings to further Nigeria’s socio-economic reform agenda.
Accompanying the president will be a high-level delegation, including Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha; Minister of Art, Tourism, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa; Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi; and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed.
President Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria upon the conclusion of the summit.
