Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, has revealed the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari as he
travels to the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
“The President is prepared to
tell world leaders that the ingredients for a happy, peaceful country are good
governance and a strong economy”, he said.
“If we can get the economy right
and we can get the good governance to our people, we believe that most of our
problems would be taken care of.
“We are a country of young
people; the majority of our population is under the age of 35 and a lot of them
are restless.
“They are restless because of
economic opportunities and that is why we have the migration issue.
“A lot of the youths are the
product of very bad governance over the years and that has deprived the young
people of educational opportunities and job opportunities.
“So Mr president is trying to
restructure the country to put in place the bases for good governance.
“Because once you have good
governance and your resources are being channeled to where they are supposed to
be, which is on development, then you begin to address a lot of issues,” he
added.
He said one of the priorities for
the Nigerian delegation at UNGA 72 included strengthening human rights
institutions and the rule of law.
Onyeama explained that Nigeria
was on the Board of the UN Human Rights Council and as such was doing
everything necessary to promote human rights.
According to him, the country is
also committed to addressing all issues relating to human rights violations in
any forms.
Buhari will join other world
leaders at the welcoming reception to be hosted by the UN Secretary General,
Antonio Guterres, and also hold a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe.
The Nigerian leader is billed
to have a a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump of the United States of
America, along with other world leaders.
Buhari, who will be accompanied
by the governors of Zamfara, Ebonyi and Ondo States, and key cabinet ministers,
will transit through London on his way back to the country.
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