Jonathan invited to G8/G20 roundtable
Mar 22, 2010

Abuja- Nigeria’s Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is among the high powered dignitaries who have been invited to grace a Roundtable on broad range of issues to be deliberated in June by the G8/G20 summits being hosted by the Canadian government.

Co-organised by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and the Canadian High Commission in Abuja, the roundtable will be held on Tuesday March 23, 2010 starting at 9.00am at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel.

“There are a number of development challenges besetting our nation which require global support and attention. They range from democracy, good governance, repatriation of the country’s looted assets, poverty, Climate Change, security and of course Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),” says Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor.

“Our aim is to ensure that a Nigerian civil society message is carried into the Summit. This Roundtable will provide an opportunity for participants to dialogue and debate issues relevant to Nigeria. We expect high level input from delegates and participants.

“African development issues has been a permanent agenda item for many years and numerous Summits have made ODA pledges to Africa; corruption and transparency have been standing agenda items and the Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) emanated from the 2005 Gleneagles Summit. We need to also review NEITI implementation and where we are in the war on graft”, Ugolor asserts.

According to a statement issued by the Canadian High Commission to Nigeria, “the purpose of this workshop is to provide Nigerian stakeholders – in government as well as in civil society – with a platform to convey views to G8/G20 leaders. Nigeria’s crucial leadership role on the African continent and beyond makes us especially eager to solicit a broad range of Nigerian views in anticipation of this year’s G8/G20 meetings.”

The 2010 G8 and G20 Summits are both hosted by the government of Canada; the G8 will be held in Huntsville, Ontario on June 25 – 27, and the G20 (co-hosted by South Korea) will be held in Toronto on June 26 – 27.

Both meetings are vital in providing political direction and commitment across a broad range of issues. The Summit Communiqués are used as indicators by other multilateral processes and agencies in the pursuit of
their work. Often the G8 issue instructions to the OECD and the World Bank to initiate studies or other workstreams.




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and the people are still hungry & poor,

The reason I don't like this kind of meeting is because these so called leaders don't brain storm, they just come with written speeches listing things that they might never do. On the other hand, I'm glad world leaders are recognizing Jonathan who is constitutionally the president of Nigeria and also, willing to listen to Nigeria.

This comes to me as a welcome development, and I agree with 9jaganja's view of Leaders coming with written speeches, which clearly isn't the way forward, most of the leaders attend the meets to fulfill their obligations of having attended the prestigious summit, (good for the resume too),

I'm curious about who gets to attend/represent Nigeria if Yaradua recovers ? Him, Jonathan or Ojo Madueke? Who do you rekon? and how do you expect the game to play out?

Dat is no surprise 4 me cos i know america is a very selfish country,selfish in d sense dat al their actions,interests n motives is always 4 their benefit n inviting jonathan is nt other than their selfish interest.of couse they know jonathan is from d south south so assisting him wil help dem in tran4min niger delta 4 their benefit.in otherwords dey've restratedgized another means of taking advtage of niger delta.by helping d acting president he'l obviously dance 2 their tune (n dis tym he wount av a choice)

Beware!not al dat gliters is gold.d g8 r smarter than people think

while at it, he should wear some native attire not those coonish oyibo regalia. That usual clobber of he's makes me suspicious of his intelligence