The Presidency has announced the trip of Nigerian Vice President, Kashim Shettima from Abuja to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The development was communicated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha.
The vice president is expected back in Nigeria on or before December 21.
Shettima is expected to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration and naming of a $315 million oil production and storage facility.
Nkwocha explained that the facility, which is a fully Nigerian-owned oil and gas company acquired by Oriental Energy Ltd., is scheduled for inauguration on December 14.
He said that after the event in Dubai, the vice president will proceed to Saudi Arabia to perform a lesser hajj (Umrah) in the holy cities of Madinah and Makkah from December 16 to 19.
He said that the vice president is also scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Jeddah on December 20.
According to him, discussions will focus on co-financing arrangements for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ Phase II) and enhanced coordination of IsDB projects in Nigeria.
This, he said, was aimed at bolstering the nation’s agricultural and economic development.