Vice President, Kashim Shettima will be representing President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS summit of Head of State and Government, which is slated for 2nd to 24th August 2023 to deliberate issues on trade and investment facilitation, sustainable development, innovation, and global governance reform. This information was revealed in a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola on Monday in Abuja. The BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is a group of five major emerging and developing economies.
He said Mr. Shettima would join other business and political leaders across the world at the Summit scheduled for the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
Mr Abiola disclosed that notable leaders expected to attend the event include South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa; President Xi Jinping of China; Brazil’s President, Luiz Lula da Silva, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Seven-Three dignitaries including the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, and the President of the New Development Bank have also been invited.”
The Vice President is accompanied on the trip by some senior government officials and he is expected back in the country at the end of the week.
BRICS group accounts for more than 42 percent of the world population, 30 percent of the world’s territory, 23 percent of the global economy, and 18 percent of global trade. One of its founding values is a shared commitment to restructuring the global political, economic, and financial architecture to be fair, balanced, and representative resting on pillars of multilateralism and international law.
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