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Vice– President, Kashim Shettima, will today deliver a keynote speech at the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman Borlaug International Dialogue in the USA.
Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Monday.
According to Nkwocha, the vice-president will also meet with the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, at the event.
He said ,“ Shettima will later participate in a side event on the African Agriculture Dialogue on Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones.
“On Thursday, the vice-president will take part in a fireside chat with the AfDB President.”
Nkwocha said that the Borlaug Dialogue would bring together individuals from more than 65 countries to address cutting-edge issues relating to global food security and nutrition.
The theme of theyear’s event is ” Transforming Food Systems: A Global Action Agenda”.
Shettima would use the platform to speak on Nigeria’s strong agricultural sector potential and would push for commitments in achieving President Bola Tinubu’s mandates and programmes for Nigeria’s agro-food sector.
Nkwocha said that the vice-president was also slated to meet with major stakeholders and investors across the United States after the event.
