By Abiola Olawale
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has embarked on an official trip from Abuja to the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
He is set to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at an event marking the inauguration and naming of a state-of-the-art oil production and storage facility, which boasts a substantial investment of $315 million.
This facility was built by a Nigerian-owned oil and gas company, Oriental Energy Ltd.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Nkwocha explained that the facility, which is a fully Nigerian-owned oil and gas company acquired by Oriental Energy Ltd., is scheduled for inauguration on December 14.
He said that after the event in Dubai, the vice president 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 that 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.
He said that the vice president is expected back in Nigeria on or before December 21.
