Vice President Kashim Shettima’s trip to Samoa to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Summit has been cancelled after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York.
The foreign object damaged the cockpit windscreen of the plane, a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy said on Thursday night.
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It said, “President Tinubu, acting promptly, has approved a ministerial delegation to represent Nigeria at the summit in the Samoa capital of Apia while the plane’s repair has commenced.
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“The delegation, which will now represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, is being led by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abass Lawal.
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“The summit began on the Pacific island on 21 October. It will end on 26 October.”
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“Vice President Shettima and foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar have left New York for Nigeria,” it added.
