President Bola Tinubu will be addressing the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 19. He is scheduled to leave Abuja on Sunday, September 17.
Before engaging in the General Debate, the President will join other world leaders to participate in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (UN 2023 Summit on SDGs).
A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity says Tinubu’s address will encompass several issues, such as sustainable development, climate change, global cooperation, and the imperative to address inequalities and global humanitarian crises.
Additionally, President Tinubu is slated to participate in the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development; High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response; UN Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit; High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage; High-Level Panel on Reform of the Global Financial Architecture, amongst others. The 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, will be his first as Nigerian leader.
In New York, President Tinubu is also scheduled to hold several bilateral meetings with world leaders, including the Presidents of the European Union Commission, Brazil, and South Africa, among others.
The President will also advance his economic development agenda for aggressive investment attraction in meetings with the global leadership of transnational firms, such as Microsoft, Meta Technologies, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and others.
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Furthermore, on the margins of the UNGA, President Tinubu will detail emerging cross-sectoral investment opportunities in Nigeria in his address to American business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Also, while engaging with officials at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, NASDAQ Headquarters in New York City, the President will conduct the NASDAQ closing ceremony during its trading session, making President Tinubu the first African President to do this.
The President will also address the Nigerian SMEs Business Summit, where he will seek to highlight the increasingly important role of Nigerian enterprises in global trade.
President Tinubu will be accompanied by Governors Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State; Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State; Hope Uzodimma of Imo State; Uba Sani of Kaduna State; AbdulRahman AbdulRazak of Kwara State; and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Also traveling with the President is the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar; the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Finance, Wale Edun; the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mohammed Pate; Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu; and Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite.
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa and other senior government officials will also be on the delegation.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
