Posted by Amarachi on Mon 23rd Oct, 2023 - tori.ng
The Senate President led a delegation of four Senators and five members of the House of Representatives to the event, which commenced on October 21 and would end on October 27.
Nigerian President Godswill Akpabio has arrived in Luanda, the capital of Angola, to participate in the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly.
In a statement on Sunday, the media aide to Akpabio, Anietie Ekong, said the Senate President led a delegation of four Senators and five members of the House of Representatives to the event, which commenced on October 21 and would end on October 27.
Ekong disclosed that the Environment and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are some of the issues the assembly will discuss.
He quoted Akpabio as saying that it would have been a disservice if Nigeria did not attend the assembly, adding that the presence of Nigerian lawmakers is to ensure that the nation’s bilateral relationship is strengthened.
Akpabio said: “It would have been a disservice to Africa if Nigeria did not have a strong delegation at the IPU. Our presence here is to ensure that our bilateral relationship is strengthened.
“With our presence, we can forge a strong bilateral parliamentary relationship for the interest of our nations.”