Vice President Kashim Shettima has reportedly canceled his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa. Shettima was supposed to represent the country at the ongoing event on the orders of President Tinubu.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
The presidency revealed that the Vice President canceled his trip midway after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York on Thursday, October 24.
The statement, titled ‘Cockpit windscreen of VP Shettima’s plane damaged at JFK airport, ministerial delegation to represent Nigeria at Samoa Commonwealth summit’ was signed by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy.
“Vice President Kashim Shettima’s trip to Samoa to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Summit has been cancelled after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York.
The foreign object damaged the cockpit windscreen of the plane
President Tinubu, acting promptly, has approved a ministerial delegation to represent Nigeria at the summit in the Samoa capital of Apia while the plane’s repair has commenced.”
The delegation, led by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, will now represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting in Samoa. The summit began on the Pacific Island on October 21 and ends on October 26..…CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE ▶▶