Shettima Departs To Meet Swedish Princess As Tinubu’s Aides Explain ‘Stretch’ In President’s 2-Week Leave

 Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday departed Abuja for Sweden on a two-day visit to represent Nigeria in bilateral engagements with the Scandinavian nation during which he will meet that country’s Crown Princess, Victoria.

GWG.ng reports that Shettima departed for Sweden just as Nigerians wait with baited breath on President Bola Tinubu’s return from his two week leave.

President Tinubu departed Nigeria on October 2 for the UK for what was said to be a working leave.

Sources at the presidency, however, said that the president was not back and is now expected to factor in the weekend days of Saturday and Sunday into the leave duration.

The president according to the sources is now expected in the country by weekend from his working leave.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the vice-president, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement, said Shettima, during the working visit to Sweden, will engage in high-level bilateral talks with key government officials.

The visit is said to be at the instance of President Bola Tinubu.

According to him, the vice-president will hold a meeting with Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and the Swedish Prime Minister.

Similarly, Nkwocha said Shettima would use the visit to explore opportunities for strengthened collaboration between Nigeria and Sweden.

The talks would be in areas such as ICT, innovation, education, digitalisation, sustainable transport, mining, and agriculture.

Nkwocha said, ” He (Shettima) will also meet with key stakeholders in both the government and private sector.”

He also revealed that the vice-president would meet with Norrsken, a Stockholm-based venture capital impact investor, which recently launched Norrsken22, a $205 million tech. investment fund for Africa.

Nkwocha explained that Norrsken22 is a technology growth fund, backed by over 30 prominent unicorn founders, partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs building Africa’s next tech giants.

” The meeting with Norrsken will provide insights into how Nigerian entrepreneurs can benefit from this fund and further strengthen the technology ecosystem in Nigeria.

” Notably, 40 per cent of the investments from Norrsken22 are expected to be allocated to Nigerian technology entrepreneurs.

” Twelve Nigerian private sector companies that are doing business with Sweden are going independently as a private sector bloc,” he said.

Nkwocha stated that Shettima is also expected to articulate Nigeria’s economic vision and the reforms being undertaken by the administration to create a business-friendly environment in Nigeria for investors.

He added, ” The myriad of opportunities that abound in Africa’s largest economy will also be showcased.”

The vice-president is expected back in the country on Saturday. (NAN)

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