Sanwo-Olu highlights Lagos investment opportunities, while Radda presents the North-west’s regional framework for peace, security, resilience, and development.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Chairman of North-west Governors’ Forum and Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, were also in New York to sell their respective states.
Sanwo-Olu, who was there since last week, being his last UNGA as governor of Lagos, has been holding critical meetings across many states of the US, including California, where he signed several bilateral understandings on shared prosperity.
Radda, for his part, will lead governors from the seven states of the zone to New York to present its Peace, Security and Development Framework 2026–2030 to the international community.
The framework, which provides a regional approach to peace, security, resilience, and development, will be presented at a side event.
The event, titled, “From Fragility to Opportunity: Locally Led Pathways to Peace, Resilience and Investment in Fragile Contexts,” is expected to bring together development partners, investors, financial institutions, and private-sector leaders.
In a statement, Chief Press Secretary to Radda, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the presentation marked a major step in the evolution of the North-west Governors’ Forum from regional consultations to a coordinated development agenda for the seven states.
