PMB ADDRESSES UN GEN ASSEMBLY. SEPT 28
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 28.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement said, Buhari will depart Nigeria for New York on Thursday and return home on Tuesday, September 29.
Buhari and other world leaders are expected to address the problem of terrorism and global security. Adesina said Buhari would use the occasion of the visit to have series of meetings and interactions with notable world leaders within and on the sidelines of the main events of the Session.
According to him, the president’s agenda include, deliberations and interactions with the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, United States President Barack Obama, French leader Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladmir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, India Prime Minister Narenda Modi and others.
President Buhari will be accompanied by the governors of Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger States, the National Security Adviser and the Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Health, Industry, Trade and Investment.
Adesina further stated that the president would also address the World Leaders Summit on Violent Extremism to which Ki Moon personally invited him during his recent visit to Nigeria.
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