National Telescope national telescope newspaper
Vice President Kashim Shettima’s journey to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa has been canceled following an incident at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, where a foreign object struck and damaged his plane’s cockpit windscreen.
Responding swiftly to the situation, President Bola Tinubu approved a ministerial delegation to attend the summit on Nigeria’s behalf.
The team, led by Environment Minister Balarabe Abass Lawal, has departed for Apia, Samoa’s capital, to participate in the ongoing summit, which started on October 21 and will conclude on October 26.
Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the Vice President’s departure back to Nigeria along with Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar.
Meanwhile it was gathered that repairs has commenced on the damaged aircraft.
