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September 16, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has told world leaders attending the G77+China Leaders’ Summit, at the Palace Convention in Havana, Cuba, that cooperation is the best way to maximise opportunities and resolve challenges.
“We must not allow geopolitical tensions in any corner of the world to deter us from forging a collective and mutually advantageous path forward – a roadmap of shared prosperity and progress”, he advised while expressing Nigeria’s commitment to toe the path of partnership with member states of the G77+China towards addressing global challenges.
A statement issued on Saturday, by Olusola Abiola, Director of Information at the office of the Vice President, informed that Shettima was speaking to an assembly of Heads of State and Government, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and delegates from over 100 countries from the global South.
Shettima emphasised the need to be focused on leveraging cooperation or partnership to find realistic solutions to global challenges.
Delivering his speech titled: “From Pandemic to Paradigm Shift: Nigeria’s Road to Reinvention”, Shettima said, “Throughout history, science and technology have shaped the course of nations. The phases of the Industrial Revolution, from the first to the fourth, and from mechanisation to automation, have determined the prosperity of those nations.
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