By Udesinanna Stephen
Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that he will represent President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS Summit of Heads of State in Johannesburg, South Africa to deliberate on development, global governance reform, and others.
This was revealed lately in a press statement signed by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola.
As obtained from the VP’s Twitter handle @OfficialSKSM, he said the summit will deliberate on issues concerning trade & investment facilitation, sustainable development, innovation, and global governance reform. It will also continue its outreach to Leaders from Africa and the global South, as it focuses on global geopolitics, trade and infrastructure development.
“BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is a group of five major emerging and developing economies. The BRICS group accounts for more than 42% of the world population, 30% of the world’s territory, 23% of the global economy and 18% of global trade. One of its founding values is shared commitment to restructure the global political, economic and financial architecture to be fair, balanced and representative resting on pillars of multilateralism and international law.” The statement noted.
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.