Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is regrettably unable to leave Nigeria to attend an earlier scheduled event.

The Vice President could not attend the US-Africa Summit 2024 due to technical issues with his aircraft.

Shettima was slated to depart Abuja for Dallas in the United States on Sunday night to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa.

According to a statement released on Sunday by Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Shettima was set to represent President Tinubu at the business summit.

However, an update on Monday from the presidency disclosed that Shettima couldn’t make the trip due to technical issues with his aircraft.

In Shettima’s absence, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, will represent President Bola Tinubu at the event, while Shettima will continue with other national duties.

The statement reads: “In light of a technical issue with his aircraft, Vice President Shettima is unable to attend the US-Africa Summit 2024. In his absence, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar will be representing President Bola Tinubu at the event.”

“Due to a technical issue with his aircraft, Vice President Kashim Shettima, who was initially set to accompany the President on the trip, had to alter his plans and take an alternative route based on the advice of the Presidential Air Fleet.”

“The Vice President will carry on with other national duties.”