The Vice President, Kashim Shettima will be leading Nigeria\u2019s delegates to represent President Bola Tinubu at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024 (CHOGM)<\/p>\n
Shettima will join King Charles of England and other world leaders from 56 member countries at the first CHOGM to be held in the Pacific small island of Apia, Samoa from October 21 to 26.<\/p>\n
This was revealed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha.<\/p>\n
The leaders will deliberate on the theme, \u201cOne Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The theme of this year also focuses on how member countries can harness their strengths through resilience, unlocking potential, leveraging the \u2018Commonwealth Advantage\u2019, and fostering a connected, digital Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
Nkwocha\u2019s statement also noted that Nigeria and other member countries will elect and appoint the next Commonwealth Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn line with the Agreed Memorandum on the Establishment and Functions of the Commonwealth Secretariat (revised 2022) and the principle of regional rotation, the next Commonwealth Secretary-General will come from the Africa Region.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe candidates for the role are from Lesotho, Ghana, and The Gambia, while Nigeria will have a major role to play as the largest African member in this regard<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cConsolidating the progress made at CHOGM 2022, VP Shettima and other world leaders will also deliberate on the global economy, environmental and security challenges, discussing how Commonwealth countries can work together to build resilience, boost trade, innovation, growth, and empower the Commonwealth\u2019s 1.5 billion young people for a more peaceful and sustainable future.\u201d <\/em>The statement read<\/p>\n The Vice President is expected to use the platform provided by the Commonwealth Business Forum to further attract investors to Nigeria, as global experts from businesses and the private sector convene to recommend and champion solutions to global challenges.<\/p>\n Senator Shettima will also participate in the People\u2019s Forum, the single largest opportunity organized by the Commonwealth Foundation for people to engage with leaders on global development issues.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Vice President, Kashim Shettima will be leading Nigeria\u2019s delegates to represent President Bola Tinubu at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024 (CHOGM) Shettima will join King Charles of England and other world leaders from 56 member countries at the first CHOGM to be held in the Pacific small island of Apia, Samoa from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":52855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52856,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52854\/revisions\/52856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}