Shettima heads to UAE for Nigerian-owned oil facility inauguration on behalf of Tinubu

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to attend an inauguration and naming of a $315 million oil production and storage facility.

Shettima will be representing President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of the facility, which is a fully Nigerian-owned oil and gas company, acquired by Oriental Energy Ltd.

A statement on Friday by Stanley Nkwocha, senior special assistant to the president on media and communications, said the facility is slated for commissioning on December 14.

Nkwocha said after the event in Dubai, Shettima 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 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.

The talks, he said, will focus on co-financing arrangements for the special agro-industrial processing zones (SAPZ phase II) and enhanced coordination of IsDB projects in Nigeria.

Nkwocha said the co-financing arrangements were aimed at boosting the nation’s agricultural and economic development.

The spokesperson said Shettima is expected to arrive back in Nigeria on or before December 21.