Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, today, left for the United States, US, to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. According to a statement by the Vice President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, Professor Osinbajo will meet his US counterpart, Kamala Harris, World Bank Group, and other partners. The trip is coming about one month after Osinbajo’s successful surgery.
Professor Osinbajo is leading Nigeria’s Energy Transition Implementation Working Group on the US mission with meetings starting from September one to promote the plan and secure global support from the US government, the private sector, and other development partners. Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan launched last week is said to need at least 10 billion Dollars per annum above business as usual spending for effective implementation. The Nigerian Vice President will also meet US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, and President of World Bank Group, David Malpass, among others.
