President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after participating in the 2024 G20 Leaders’ Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja late Saturday, where he was received by a team of government officials and dignitaries.
During the summit, President Tinubu expressed his support for global efforts to combat hunger and poverty, aligning with the G20’s call for international collaboration.
He also held a crucial bilateral meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who commended Nigeria’s recent reforms under Tinubu’s administration.
In their discussion, Tinubu emphasized the importance of education as a key driver in addressing poverty, highlighting the need for incentives to keep children in school. “We have too many children out of school, and we know that education is a way out of hunger and poverty,” he stated, seeking support from the IMF to keep children in school.
He also discussed ongoing efforts to expand Nigeria’s tax base for more inclusive economic growth, stressing that such measures would not place additional financial burdens on the populace.
The President was accompanied by a high-level Nigerian delegation, including Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Livestock Development, and Minister of Arts, Tourism, Culture, and Creativity, among others.
The G20, a group of the world’s largest economies, includes Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
