Shettima Departs Abuja For UAE, Saudi Arabia
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration and naming of a $315 million oil production and storage facility.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media ans Communications, Office of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Nkwocha explained that the facility, which is a fully Nigerian-owned oil and gas company acquired by Oriental Energy Ltd., is scheduled for inauguration on December 14.
He said that after the event in Dubai, the vice president will proceed to Saudi Arabia to perform a lesser hajj (Umrah) in the holy cities of Madinah and Makkah from December 16 to 19.
He said that the vice president is also scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Jeddah on December 20.
According to him, discussions will focus on co-financing arrangements for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ Phase II) and enhanced coordination of IsDB projects in Nigeria.
This, he said, was aimed at bolstering the nation’s agricultural and economic development.
He said that the vice president is expected back in Nigeria on or before December 21.
