Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived back in Abuja following a week-long diplomatic and economic engagement in Guinea-Conakry and Switzerland.
Shettima landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Saturday after representing President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of Guinea’s President, Mamadi Doumbouya.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the vice-president also led Nigeria’s delegation to the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland.
Speaking on the trip, Shettima said the engagements reflected Nigeria’s renewed commitment to regional cooperation in West Africa and its resolve to reposition the nation’s economy in line with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda.
NAN reports that a major highlight of his Davos engagements was the commissioning of Nigeria House — the country’s first-ever sovereign pavilion on the Davos Promenade.
The facility was established as a permanent investment hub to showcase opportunities in solid minerals, agriculture and the digital economy.
In addition, Shettima joined former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to advance the Accra Reset Initiative.
The initiative serves as a platform for promoting African industrialisation driven by domestic capital, local value chains and self-sustaining economic growth, rather than dependence on foreign aid.