Shettima returns to Nigeria after AU summit in Angola

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria after representing President Bola Tinubu at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Luanda, Angola.

Shettima returned to Abuja on Monday after the conclusion of his engagements at the summit, where Nigeria pushed for stronger African-led mechanisms for preventing and resolving conflicts across the continent.

Nigeria also called for urgent continental action against recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks targeting Africans and other nationals in South Africa.

At the summit, the Nigerian delegation backed the Luanda Action Plan and advocated sustainable financing for Africa’s peace and security architecture.

Nigeria also called for stronger collective responsibility among AU member states and greater African ownership of solutions to conflicts affecting the continent.

Shettima represented Tinubu at the high-level summit as African leaders discussed measures to strengthen peace, security and cooperation across the continent.