Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has arrived Delhi, the capital of India, for a six-day working visit, during which he will attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit and engage in other official meetings.
President Tinubu, who arrived the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, at about 6:40pm (2:10pm Nigerian time), landed with some senior government officials, including ministers and Presidential aides.
While in India, besides participating in the G20 Summit, which is scheduled to hold between Saturday 9 and Sunday 10, September 2023, President Tinubu would participate in a number of high-level meetings and engagements with other world leaders and business executives on the sidelines of the Summit.
The President will also meet with the Nigerian community in India.
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Earlier in a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed that President Tinubu would be engaging his time in India in various meetings to attract global capital and increase foreign direct investments (FDI) to the country.
“On the sidelines of the Summit, the President will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference.
“The CEO Roundtable will be attended by leading industrialists in the Indian private sector, Nigerian industrialists, as well as senior government officials from both countries. The President aims to leverage this platform to attract global capital and promote increased foreign direct investments in key labour-intensive sectors of Nigeria’s economy for job creation and revenue expansion.
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“Moreover, he will use this opportunity to highlight Nigeria’s attractiveness as an investment destination, specifically outlining his cross-sectoral reform plan as encapsulated by the Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Given the President’s renowned experience in attracting investment to Lagos State, leading industrialists have sought separate private engagements with him at the summit. The President’s itinerary will also feature bilateral meetings with a cross-section of world leaders from four different continents, representing both G20 and non–G20 countries. These engagements are geared towards strengthening bilateral economic, trade, and investment partnerships for mutual benefit.
“At the G20 Summit, the Nigerian leader is expected to share Nigeria’s perspective on the theme, “One Earth-One Family-One Future,” which speaks to the global unity required to address the challenges facing humanity and the planet.”
In President Tinubu’s entourage are Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy; Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy; and Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment.
President Tinubu will return to Nigeria immediately following the conclusion of the Summit.
