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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday leave Nigeria for New York city for meetings and interactions with notable world leaders during the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, a statement by Femi Adesina says.
In New York, President Buhari will hold talks with the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, United States President, Barack Obama, President Francois Hollande of France and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain.
He will also interact with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President Vladmir Putin of Russia, President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister Narenda Modi of India.
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.
He will deliver Nigeria’s statement to the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly on Monday, September 28.
President Buhari is 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 wil also attend a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, a High-Level Roundtable on South-South Cooperation organised by President Xi Jinping of China and the UN, and participation in the launching of an updated global health strategy for women and children.
He is also scheduled for meetings with former U.S President, Bill Clinton, Mr. Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which is assisting Nigeria in several areas including polio eradication, and former Prime British Minister, Gordon Brown, the UN Special Envoy on Global Education who is one of the main drivers of the Safe Schools Initiative.
The President will conclude his visit to New York on Tuesday, September 29 and leave the city for Abuja on the same day.
In New York, President Buhari will hold talks with the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, United States President, Barack Obama, President Francois Hollande of France and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain.
He will also interact with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President Vladmir Putin of Russia, President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister Narenda Modi of India.
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.
He will deliver Nigeria’s statement to the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly on Monday, September 28.
President Buhari is 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 wil also attend a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, a High-Level Roundtable on South-South Cooperation organised by President Xi Jinping of China and the UN, and participation in the launching of an updated global health strategy for women and children.
He is also scheduled for meetings with former U.S President, Bill Clinton, Mr. Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which is assisting Nigeria in several areas including polio eradication, and former Prime British Minister, Gordon Brown, the UN Special Envoy on Global Education who is one of the main drivers of the Safe Schools Initiative.
The President will conclude his visit to New York on Tuesday, September 29 and leave the city for Abuja on the same day.
