PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who arrived in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 20, ahead of the Summit on New Global Financing Pact, being hosted by President Emmanuel Macron.
A statement by his spokesman, Dele Alake, explained that the President was received at the airport by Ambassador Kayode Laro and other top government officials from the Nigerian Embassy and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs about 6.47pm local time.
Alake said Tinubu will receive detailed briefs on Wednesday, June 21 from Laro, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Adamu Lamuwa, and other officials on Nigeria’s position on the Summit and scheduled sideline meetings with leaders and multilateral institutions.
“The President will participate in a two-day Summit, June 22nd and 23rd, that looks at opportunities to restore fiscal space to countries that face difficult short-term financial challenges, especially the most indebted, mobilise innovative financing for countries vulnerable to climate change and economies struggling with the effects of COVID-19 and energy crisis,” Alake said.
