G-20 summit: Tinubu to depart for New Delhi today

Report said Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will today depart Abuja for New Delhi, India, to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit.

A statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, yesterday said Tinubu is attending the two-day summit on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,

According to the statement, the Media Aid revealed that the President aims to leverage the 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.

It noted that, on the sidelines of the Summit, President Tinubu will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Round-table and the Nigeria-India Business Conference.

The CEO Round-table will be attended by leading industrialists in the Indian private sector, Nigerian industrialists, as well as senior government officials from both countries.