{"id":252915,"date":"2026-02-24T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=252915"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:17:46","slug":"ambassador-yusuf-maitama-tuggar-had-a-meeting-with-mr-charles-murito-googles-regional-director-for-government-affairs-and-public-policy-sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/ambassador-yusuf-maitama-tuggar-had-a-meeting-with-mr-charles-murito-googles-regional-director-for-government-affairs-and-public-policy-sub-saharan-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, had a meeting with Mr. Charles Murito, Google\u2019s Regional Director f&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, had a meeting with Mr. Charles Murito, Google\u2019s Regional Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy (Sub-Saharan Africa), on Tuesday 24th February 2026 to advance discussions toward a structured Nigeria\/Google strategic partnership.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Building on earlier exchangements in Davos, the Meeting discussed three priorities:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1. Deepening long-term collaboration beyond infrastructure<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">2. Institutionalizing AI skills and knowledge transfer; including support for the Ministry\u2019s AI Unit<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">3. Exploring anticipatory diplomacy tools to strengthen information integrity and democratic resilience under the Regional Partnership for Democracy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The technical teams will continue work to define clear, implementable outcomes at the intersection of AI, governance, and regional stability.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, had a meeting with Mr. &hellip; <a title=\"Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, had a meeting with Mr. Charles Murito, Google\u2019s Regional Director f&hellip;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/ambassador-yusuf-maitama-tuggar-had-a-meeting-with-mr-charles-murito-googles-regional-director-for-government-affairs-and-public-policy-sub-saharan-africa\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, had a meeting with Mr. Charles Murito, Google\u2019s Regional Director f&hellip;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hmfa-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252917,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252915\/revisions\/252917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}