Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima Thursday departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on an official state go to.
Stanley Nkwocha, a media aide to the vp mentioned Shettima is headed for Ethiopia on the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, His Excellency, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali.
Nkwocha mentioned, “Through the go to, Vice President Shettima will take part within the official launch of Ethiopia’s Inexperienced Legacy Programme, a flagship environmental initiative.
“The programme designed to fight deforestation, improve biodiversity, and mitigate the adversarial results of local weather change targets the planting of 20 billion tree seedlings over a four-year interval,” Nkwocha said.
All through the go to, each nation leaders would work in direction of strengthening the bilateral ties in agriculture and industrial growth.
Shettima can even have interaction in a strategic tour of key industrial zones and built-in agricultural amenities throughout chosen areas of Ethiopia.
These embrace the Adama Industrial Zone, Mojo Poultry Farm, Shera Dibandiba Mojo Household Built-in Farm, Lume Avocado Nursery Website, and the Bishoftu Pea Youth Farm.
As well as, the vp and his entourage could be hosted by the prime minister to a State Dinner on the Nationwide Palace.