President Tinubu to go to Saint Lucia, attend two-day BRICS Summit in Brazil 

President Bola Tinubu will embark on a diplomatic go to to Saint Lucia and Brazil to strengthen Nigeria’s ties with the Caribbean and interact with world leaders on the seventeenth BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

The journey was confirmed in an announcement on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique.

In line with the assertion, the President will depart Abuja on Saturday, June 28, 2025, starting with a state go to to Saint Lucia.

The go to is aimed toward deepening South-South cooperation and increasing Nigeria’s engagement with Caribbean nations.

“President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, June 28, 2025, on a two-nation go to to Saint Lucia and Brazil. 

“His first cease is Saint Lucia, the place he can pay a state go to as a part of efforts to deepen Nigeria’s engagement with Caribbean nations and strengthen South-South cooperation. 

“On the finish of the go to to the island State, President Tinubu will fly to Brazil to take part within the seventeenth Summit of BRICS in Rio de Janeiro,” the assertion learn partly.

Whereas in Saint Lucia, President Tinubu is predicted to carry bilateral conferences with Governor-Normal Cyril Errol Melchiades Charles and Prime Minister Philip Pierre.

A key spotlight of his go to shall be an deal with to a particular joint session of the nation’s Parliament, scheduled to happen on the William Jefferson Clinton Ballroom, Sandals Grande, in Gros Islet.

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The assertion additional famous that President Tinubu will host a high-level working luncheon with the Heads of Authorities of the Organisation of Japanese Caribbean States (OECS), with discussions centred on financial cooperation, infrastructure growth, and cultural alternate.

To strengthen educational ties, he’ll go to the Sir Arthur Lewis Neighborhood School in Castries to advertise instructional collaboration and analysis partnerships.

• On the finish of his engagements in Saint Lucia, the President will proceed to Brazil for the seventeenth BRICS Summit, scheduled for July 6 to 7, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro. BRICS—comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is a coalition of main rising economies centered on shared growth and international governance reform.

• Nigeria will attend as a “companion nation,” a designation that enables for deeper engagement than visitor standing however falls in need of full membership.

• This yr’s summit, themed “Strengthening World South Cooperation for Extra Inclusive and Sustainable Governance,” will deal with financial resilience, social growth, and environmental sustainability.

President Tinubu is predicted to make use of the go to to bolster Nigeria’s international partnerships and broaden its position in financial diplomacy. He shall be accompanied by senior authorities officers.