President Bola Tinubu is schedule to leave Nigeria for Paris on Thursday depart to attend the summit for a new global financial pact in France.
Dele Alake, the president’s special adviser on communications and strategy, announced the proposed trip in a statement on Monday.
The two-day summit seeks to explore “opportunities to restore fiscal space to countries that face difficult short-term financial challenges”.
The President will participate in the two-day Summit, June 22 and 23, that will explore opportunities to restore fiscal space to countries that face difficult short-term financial challenges, especially the most indebted; mobilize innovative financing for countries vulnerable to climate change; foster development in low-income countries, and encourage investment in “green” infrastructure for the energy transition in emerging and developing economies.
President Tinubu and the other global leaders, multilateral institutions, financial experts and economists will 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.
The Summit, which will be hosted by President Emmanuel Macron of France, will be held at Palais Brongniart.
The President will be accompanied by members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council and senior government officials. He will return to Abuja on Saturday.
The summit will mark Tinubu’s first official trip to france since becoming President.
