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President
Muhammadu Buhari
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President Muhammadu
Buhari will leave Nigeria for New York tomorrow for a series of meetings and
interactions with notable world leaders within and on the sidelines of the 70th
Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Presidential
spokesman Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement yesterday, listed those Buhari would
interact with as including United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, US
President Barack Obama, French President, Francois Hollande, British Prime
Minister, David Cameron, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Russian President,
Vladmir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narenda
Modi.
Daily Trust report continues:
Adesina
said the talks would centre on domestic developmental issues, bilateral
relations, war against terrorism, countering violent extremism, the enhancement
of global security, peace-keeping operations, climate change and the adoption
of a post 2015 global development agenda.
He
said Buhari would be accompanied by the governors of Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger
States as well as the National Security Adviser and Permanent Secretaries in
the Federal Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Health, Industry,
Trade and Investment.
He
said President Buhari would deliver Nigeria’s statement to the 70th Session of
the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, next week.
Adesina
said Buhari was also scheduled to address the World Leaders Summit on Violent
Extremism to which he was personally invited by Mr. Ban Ki Moon during the
Secretary-General’s recent visit to Nigeria.
He
said Buhari would also attend a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and
Security Council, a High-Level Roundtable on South-South Cooperation organized
by President Xi Jinping of China and the United Nations, and participate in the
launching of an updated global health strategy for women and children.
He
said the president would also meet with former US President Bill Clinton, Mr.
Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation assisting Nigeria in
several areas including polio eradication as well as former British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education who is
one of the main drivers of the Safe Schools Initiative.
The presidential spokesman
said Buhari would conclude his visit to New York on Tuesday, September 29 and
return to Abuja on the same day.
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