President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20’s 19th Heads of State and Government Summit. Amb.
Breno Costa met the President, who arrived on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time (Monday 3.03 a.m. Nigerian time), at Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations.
He was accompanied by Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development; and Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Tourism, Culture, and Creativity.
Others include Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, and Amb. Mohammed Mohammed, Director General of the National Intelligence Agency.
Tinubu is also anticipated to hold bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the conference to discuss the progress of Nigeria’s socioeconomic reforms.
Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil, is hosting the 2024 G20 summit after serving as the group’s rotating president since December 21, 2023.
His term ends on November 30. The summit, themed “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet,” will focus on three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental, as well as global governance reform.
It will also address rising global temperatures and the principles of the digital economy, among other issues.
The Israeli-Hamas conflict, as well as the developing bloc rivalry between the United States and China, will be important issues for the Brazilian presidency.
According to the Nigerian News Agency, the country holding the G20 rotating presidency typically presents the results of its efforts at the annual summit.
It is the moment when heads of state and government accept the agreements reached over the year and outline strategies for dealing with global concerns.
NAN also adds that the Leaders’ Summit, the culmination of the G20’s work over the past year through Ministerial Meetings, Working Groups, and Engagement Groups, would be submitted for adoption at the summit.
The summit will be attended by 19 member countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, and Indonesia.
Others include Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the US, and the UK.
In keeping with the summit’s theme, Da Silva announced a three-point plan for tackling hunger, poverty, and inequality at the summit, which is set to take place from November 18 to 19.
Tinubu is attending the 2024 G20 conference since the planners invited officials from the African Union and the European Union.
Carlos Areias, the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, communicated Da Silva’s offer to Tinubu to attend the 2024 G20 meeting on August 29, when he presented his Letter of Credence to him.
Areias stated that Da Silva was looking forward to bringing Tinubu to the G20 Leaders’ Summit and that food security was the Brazilian presidency’s key proposal at the G20 to end severe poverty by 2030.
