Vice President Kashim Shettima left Abuja on Thursday afternoon and is scheduled to return to Nigeria on Friday.
Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu at Senegal’s 65th Independence Day commemoration festivities in Dakar, Senegal.
“Senegal celebrates its Independence Day on April 4 each year, commemorating its freedom from French colonial rule in 1960.
The day is marked by national pride, with ceremonies, parades and cultural events,” Stanley Nkwocha, the vice-president’s spokesperson, said in a statement.
“The Vice President’s attendance at the annual event is in honour of an invitation extended to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Senegalese President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, following the strong mutual relationship between Nigeria and Senegal.
“The Independence Day celebrations will be held at the Place de la Nation in Dakar, with President Faye playing host to Vice President Shettima and other distinguished guests from across Africa and beyond.”
Shettima’s trip comes barely 24 hours after Tinubu travelled to Paris, the French capital.
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Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, described the president’s trip as a “short working visit”.
During the trip, he added, Tinubu will assess the accomplishments of his government to date.
