President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a ministerial delegation to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa. This decision follows the cancellation of Vice President Kashim Shettima’s scheduled trip to the summit.
A statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed that the Vice President’s trip to Samoa was cancelled after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York.
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It further revealed that the foreign object damaged the cockpit windscreen of the plane while the repair of the aircraft has commenced.
Following the unfortunate incident, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima and Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar have left New York for Nigeria.
The ministerial delegation to the summit is headed by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abass Lawal. The summit commenced on October 21 on the Pacific Island and will conclude on October 26.
