Shettima Returns To Nigeria After IDA-21, Meets UN Deputy Secretary

Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria after representing President Bola Tinubu at the just concluded International Development Association (IDA21) Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.

On arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday, Shettima met behind closed doors with the US Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell and his team.

A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, says that issues discussed at the meeting were security, bilateral relations, shared visions, technological cooperation, and economic and mutual partnership.

Both countries also pledged to work more on deepening their bilateral relationships and their connectivity.

Deputy Secretary Campbell has been in Nigeria where he was the co-chair of the sixth U.S-Nigeria Binational Commission with Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar.