Rio de Janeiro President Tinubu arrives for the Brics summit in Brazil – Thage

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, to participate in the 17th summit of the heads of state and the government for global South and the emerging economic block, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics).

The president’s flight landed at the Tarmac of the Aeronautica base in Galeao at 20:45 on Friday, where the commander of the base of the Air Force Galeao coordinated the honor guard.

The deputy minister of Brazil for Africa and the Middle East, the ambassador Carlos Sergio Sobal Duarte and the deputy minister for commercial promotion, science, technology, innovation and culture, received President Tinubu.

President Tinubu is in Brazil at the invitation of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Nigerian leader will participate in a bilateral meeting hosted today by President Lula, 5 July, in view of the summit on 6 and 7 June.

At the Brics summit, the president will participate in a plenary session and provide an address on the reforms in progress of Nigeria to reposition the economy for global competitiveness.

It will also attract investors to capitalize the country’s opportunities in agriculture, solid minerals, health care and alternative energy.

The topic of the summit is “to strengthen the global cooperation of the South for a more inclusive and sustainable governance”. The resolutions will focus on health problems, artificial intelligence, governance and climate change.

In view of the leader’s summit, Brics’ political negotiators have made a brainstorming on the alignment of multiple commitments to combat socially determined diseases, the governance of artificial intelligence and climatic financing. Their goal was to provide concrete solutions to the structural challenges faced by the global South.

The state governors who participate in the summit with the president are Hyacinth alia (Benue), the prince Dapo inhabitaun (OGUN), Babajide Sanwo-Ever (Lagos), the Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta) and Mohammed Umar Bago (Niger).

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