Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal will travel with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the 20th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20), taking place November 22–23 in South Africa.
Governor Lawal is one of six Nigerian governors selected to join the presidential delegation.
According to a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the high-level summit in Johannesburg will host all G20 member countries, along with 16 guest nations and six additional countries representing regional economic blocs from Africa, the Caribbean, and East Asia.
Idris explained that the G20 Leaders’ Summit serves as the culmination of a year-long series of ministerial meetings, working groups, and engagement sessions among member states.
Other Nigerian governors listed in the delegation include those from Osun, Plateau, Gombe, Katsina, Niger, Enugu, and Nasarawa states.
The two-day summit will feature three main sessions, with deliberations expected to span trade, development finance, global debt, climate change, food systems, the just energy transition, critical minerals, decent work, and the role of artificial intelligence in global development.
The spokesperson confirmed the governor’s inclusion in the delegation in a statement dated November 18.
