Tinubu invited for G20 summit in India
By Jude-Ken Ojinnaka
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be expected to attend the G 20 summit in India on the invitation of the government of India.
It should be noted that the forum has been meeting annually since its inception in 2008 after the Global Financial Crisis of 1997-1998.
The G20 meeting brings together the world’s major and systemically important economies with members representing 85 percent of global GDP, 75 percent of international trade and two-thirds of the world’s population.
Speaking on the plan to have President Tinubu attend the summit, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Shri G. Balasubramanian, said channels of communication had already been opened between both countries towards President Tinubu’s participation.
“So in that connection, we are expecting His Excellency Mr. Bola Tinubu, the President of Nigeria to visit India for the forthcoming G20. The summit in India is on 9th and 10th of September this year,” .
“So this is something that we are working closely with Nigerian authorities.
“We have had more than 140 meetings from December till now and we are very satisfied with the participation of Nigeria in the G20 meetings and at the ministerial level, working group level, engagement group level, and so on and so forth.”
The members of the G20 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
The G20 summit comes up in India between September 9 and 10, 2023.
The G20 summit in India would be the second official engagement for President Tinubu after the Paris, France global summit, which focused on ‘A New Global Financing Pact’.
While in France, President Tinubu held high level economic meetings, and also high-profile sideline meetings with fellow heads of state and government, global business leaders and chief executives of leading multinational and development finance institutions from around the world.
