President Muhammadu Buhari is
expected to receive Maria Espinosa, president of the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA), on Monday.
At a media briefing at the UN
headquarters in New York on Friday, Monica Gravley, Espinosa’s spokesperson,
announced that UNGA president will pay one-day official visit to Nigeria.
According to her, the visit is
part of Espinosa’s eight-day official trip to Central and West Africa beginning
on Friday.
The spokesperson did not disclose
the agenda of the meeting with Buhari but promised to keep reporters updated on
proceedings at the meeting.
Gravley said cabinet members
would join Buhari in receiving her. She is also expected to meet with students
of the University of Abuja.
Espinosa will speak on the role
of multilateralism and how to respond to global challenges in a fast-changing
world, according to the spokesperson.
Gravley said Espinosa would also
meet UN officials in the country and take part in a discussion with women on
their role in promoting multilateralism.
Multilateralism is an alliance of
several nations, for example, the UN, pursuing a common goal.
It seeks to bind powerful
nations, discourage unilateralism (one-sided action) and give small powers a
voice and influence they could not otherwise exercise.
However, the system was facing
several challenges, especially the dominance of world powers such as the United
States in terms of military and economic might.
This led other powerful nations,
including China and India, to question the relevance of the UN.
Buhari, who is currently in the
UK, is expected to return to the country by Monday.
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