President Muhammadu
Buhari has arrived in New York to join other world leaders for the one week 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level events starting on Tuesday.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI BEING RECEIVED BY MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTIAL AIDES AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK FOR THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
The President was accompanied by the following Governor's:
Abdul’aziz Yari, David Umahi
and Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of
Zamfara, Ebonyi and Ondo states
respectively.
He was received at the JF Kennedy
Airport by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, and
the Permanent Representative of
Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande.
The president was thereafter,
welcomed at about 8:30 p.m. at his
lodge by the Ministers of Solid
Minerals Kayode Fayemi, Education, Adamu Adamu, and Industry, Trade and Investment counterpart, Okechukwu Enelamah.
The others were the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril; his Budget and National Planning counterpart Zainab Ahmed, presidential aides as well as members of staff of the Nigerian
Missions in the U.S.
Buhari will deliver Nigeria’s National Statement on Tuesday, the first day of the general debate.
He has been listed as the eighth
speaker of the 193 Head of States
expected to address the General
Debate of the General Assembly.
The theme for this year’s debate is
‘Focusing on People: Striving for
Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet’.
The president will also join other world leaders at the welcoming reception to be hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and hold a bilateral
meeting with the UN chief.
Aside other high-level engagement, he will have a lunch meeting with U.S.
President Donald Trump, along with other world leaders.
Nigeria will also participate in high- level meetings on ‘Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Building Momentum for Change’, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a High Level Event organised
by AU under its theme of the
Year:‘Roadmap on the Demographic
Dividend:From Commitment to
Action’, among others.
It is expected that the president and members of his delegation will project Nigeria as a strong moral force and responsible member of the international community.
Nigeria’s commitment to global
peace, security and development will also be reaffirmed, with the need for increased international cooperation in the fight corruption.
Other priorities for the Nigerian
delegation at 72nd UN General
Assembly include strengthening
human rights institutions, the rule of law, support for internally displaced persons arising from Boko Haram activities and recent flooding and mitigating the effects of climate change.
The Nigerian delegation is expected to also canvass the support of UN member states for the Buhari
administration’s efforts towards
combating illicit financial flows in
order to foster sustainable
development. (NAN)
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