The Presidency has described the
74th United Nations General Assembly, which begins fully on Monday, as
Nigeria’s “day in the sun’’.
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this shortly after
President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival in New York on Sunday for the weeklong
global event.
Answering questions from newsmen,
Adesina hinged his comment on the recent emergence of a Nigerian, Amb. Tijani
Muhammad-Bade, as the President of the UN General Assembly, NAN reports.
He said all eyes would be on
Nigeria at the event considering the fact that a fellow citizen, Ms Amina
Mohammed, is currently the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN.
“It is very significant; it is
like Nigeria’s day in the sun because you don’t have it better than that.
“The Deputy Secretary-General,
the President of the General Assembly, and then you are the President of that
country.
“It is like focus would be on
Nigeria, and it is a good one for our country’’, he said.
The presidential aide dismissed
suggestions by some opposition elements that Buhari was attending the GA
without a national agenda.
“Every country comes (to the
General Assembly) with a national statement, and what our president is going to
present is the national statement of Nigeria.
“So, anybody that says that does
not understand,’’ Adesina said.
The president, who landed earlier
at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, was accompanied by some top
government officials and senior aides.
The theme for the UNGA74 is,
“Galvanising Multilateral Efforts for Poverty Eradication, Quality Education,
Climate Action and Inclusion.”
Buhari is scheduled as the fifth
speaker during the General Debates billed for Tuesday.
Leaders of countries’ delegations
are expected to “present their National Statements and speak to the theme of
the session’’, Adesina said in a statement earlier.
Adesina said the president would
speak on ‘’administration’s commitment to building on the achievements of its
three-point agenda following the renewal of his electoral mandate by majority
of Nigerians.
“He will also reaffirm Nigeria’s
position on salient global issues,’’ he said.
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