UNGA 80: VP Shettima Delivers Nigeria’s National Statement Wednesday

Vice President Kashim Shettima, connected behalf of President Bola Tinubu, volition connected Wednesday, present Nigeria’s nationalist connection astatine the ongoing 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The code was scheduled for transportation betwixt 3p.m. and 9p.m. New York clip with multilateralism, UN Reform, Climate Action, International concern restructure, amongst others apical connected the agenda.

Using aforesaid mean past year, President Tinubu had called for Africa to beryllium allocated imperishable seats astatine the United Nations Security Council, a propulsion which was present being considered by the planetary organ.

Earlier connected Tuesday, Vice President Shettima had joined different satellite leaders for the Assembly’s opening session, wherever U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a keynote code to formally welcomed delegates.

According to a connection by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President Shettima afterwards hosted President of Namibia, Nandi-Ndaitbia connected the sidelines wherever some leaders engaged successful bilateral talks wherein the Namibian person announced her planned authoritative sojourn to President Tinubu successful Nigeria.

The Namibian leader, who assumed the presidency connected March 21, 2025, praised the Nigerian diplomats for their invaluable contributions to her authorities and state successful truthful galore ways.

“All the Nigerian diplomats were fundamentally Namibians, helping successful truthful galore ways,” she stated, acknowledging Nigeria’s enactment relation among African subordinate states.

Nandi-Ndaitwah said she recovered it due to leverage the UNGA accidental to conscionable with Vice President Shettima, promising, “I volition inactive find clip to travel physically and present myself to the President.”

Shettima, successful response, reaffirmed Nigeria’s committedness to deepening bilateral ties with Namibia, saying, “We are each Africans, and the Nigeria–Namibia narration should beryllium taken to the adjacent level, beyond wherever it is now.”

The gathering was attended by elder officials from some countries, including Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim; and Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa.

In a abstracted high-level session, Vice President Shettima met with a delegation from the Gates Foundation led by CEO Mark Suzman wherever helium thanked the Foundation for its enactment successful healthcare, agriculture, and fiscal inclusion, portion calling for expanded concern successful Nigeria.

“In the Gates Foundation, we person a spouse that we spot and judge in. If each high-net-worth individuals made adjacent fractional the concern Bill Gates has made, the satellite would beryllium a amended place,” VP Shettima said.