Just In: Photos Emerge as President Bola Tinubu Holds High-level Meeting Ahead of Paris Summit
- President Bola Tinubu completed final preparations for the New Global Financial Pact summit in Paris by holding a meeting with Ambassador Kayode Laro
- The France summit is for two days and will hold on Thursday, June 22, and Friday, 23
- The aim of the summit is to tackle the challenges of climate change, biodiversity protection, and the fight against inequality
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Paris, France - All is now set for the New Global Financial Pact Summit slated for Thursday, June 22, and Friday, 23, in Paris, France.
To this end, a high-level meeting led by President Bola Tinubu on what Nigeria stands to benefit from the two-day global summit held on Wednesday, June 21, NTA News reported.
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Tinubu and his team of aides were briefed by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Kayode Laro, on Nigeria's position at the coming summit.
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The scheduled sideline meetings with leaders and multilateral institutions were also on the agenda of their discussion.
President Bola Tinubu lands in France
Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu and his team arrived in Paris, where they’ll be taking part in the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by President Emmanuel Macron. They arrived on Tuesday, June 20.
The president left the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at about 11 am in a chopper to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The Nigerian leader and other global leaders, multilateral institutions, financial experts and economists are expected to take a more holistic look at the recovery of economies from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, and rising cases of poverty, with a view to providing access to finance and investment that will leverage inclusive growth.
What President Tinubu must do beyond firing service chiefs
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Muslim Alumni (MAPAMA) on Wednesday, June 21, asked President Tinubu to follow up on his decision to remove the service chiefs who served under the last administration, by giving security personnel "due financial and moral supports".
MAPAMA, in a statement signed by its head, media, and publicity committee, Tajudeen Balogun, obtained by Legit.ng, said this support to members of the Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) is needed for security agents to deliver in their national assignments appropriately.
Source: Legit.ng
