Buhari To Leave For New York On Thursday For Discussion On Terrorism And Security With World Leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari will
leave Nigeria for New York on
Thursday for a series of meetings and
interactions with notable world
leaders within and on the sidelines of
the main events of the 70th Session of
the United Nations General Assembly.
On the agenda of President Buhari’s
talks, deliberations and interactions
with the United Nations Secretary-
General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, President
Barack Obama of the United States,
President Francois Hollande of
France, Prime Minister David
Cameron of Britain,
Chancellor Angela Merkel of
Germany, President Vladmir Putin of
Russia, President Xi Jinping of China,
Prime Minister Narenda Modi of India
and others will be domestic
developmental issues, bilateral
relations, the 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.

President Buhari who 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, will deliver Nigeria’s
Statement to the 70th Session of the
United Nations 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.
Also on the President busy schedule
in New York are 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 United Nations, and participation
in the launching of an updated global
health strategy for women and
children.

On President Buhari’s schedule too
are meetings with former President
Bill Clinton of the United States, Mr.
Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation which is assisting
Nigeria in several areas including
polio eradication, and former Prime
Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, the
United Nations Special Envoy on
Global Education who is one of the
main drivers of the Safe Schools
Initiative.

The President will concluded his visit
to New York on Tuesday, September
29 and leave the city for Abuja on the
same day. Femi Adesina Special
Adviser to the President (Media &
Publicity) September 22, 2015