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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Vice President Kashim Shettima in the early hours of Sunday arrived at Iowa in the United States of America to participate in the World Food Prize-facilitated Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.
According to a statement from by Senior Special Assistant to
The President, Media and Communications,
(Office Of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, as the special guest, Shettima will deliver the keynote address at the event slated for Tuesday, October 24.
The Vice President while in the US will participate in high stakeholder meetings across some states in the US with manufacturers, investors and top government officials.
On the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, the Vice President will be one of distinguished African leaders who in the past have used the event to canvas support for agricultural development and food sufficiency in Africa
Others that previously attended the event were former United Nations Secretary-General and AGRA founder, late Kofi Annan; World Food Prize Laureates; Ghana President, John Kufuor and African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwunmi Adeshina; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Presidents Felix Tshishiked and Joaquim Chissano; Joyce Banda; Ameenah Gurib – Fakim and IFAD President, Kanayo Nwanze.
“The Vice President will use the platform to speak to the potentialities and endowments of Nigeria’s agricultural sector, woo investors and push for commitments in achieving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandates and programmes for Nigeria’s agro-food sector”, the statement read.
