The Vice President, KASHIM SHETTIMA has departed Nigeria to represent President BOLA TINUBU at the third Belt and Road Initiative Forum in Beijing, China, holding from October 16 to 18.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, STANLEY NKWOCHA.

He said that Vice President SHETTIMA would join world leaders from over 130 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

The Vice President is also expected to avail Nigeria of the platform provided by the forum to woo investors for more developmental projects by holding bilateral meetings with other world leaders to promote Nigeria’s trade and investment relations.

The delegation of the vice president to the forum includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, YUSUF TUGGAR, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, ATIKU BAGUDU and the Minister of Transportation, SA’IDU ALKALI.

Others are the Minister of Works, DAVID UMAHI, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, DORIS UZOKA-ANITE; the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, FIDET OKHIRIA, and the Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, MICHAEL OHIANI.