The President, Muhammadu Buhari, will on Tuesday depart
Abuja for Nairobi, where he is billed to participate in the Commemoration of
the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme, scheduled for
3rd – 4th March 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
He will thereafter proceed to London for routine medical
checks that will last for a maximum of two weeks.
Buhari’s trip comes after an invitation extended to him by
his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, to attend a Special Session themed
‘Strengthening UNEP for the Implementation of the Environmental Dimension of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.’
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed these in a statement he signed on Tuesday titled ‘President Buhari attends special session on UNEP@50 in Kenya.’
While there, the President is expected to deliver the
National Statement of the country and participate in High-Level Dialogue
Sessions on the Environment.
According to the organisers of the event, “for 50 years,
UNEP has coordinated a worldwide effort with Member States to address the
world’s biggest environmental challenges. Member States are vital partners in
formulating UNEP’s policy, implementing UNEP’s programme, and championing
solutions to our shared environmental challenges.
“UNEP@50 is a time to reflect on the past and envision the
future. It provides an opportunity to reinvigorate international cooperation
and spur collective action to address the triple planetary crisis of climate
change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. No country or
continent can solve these global crises alone. But each nation has a crucial
role to play in protecting our people and planet.”
He will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of State for the Environment, Sharon Ikeazor,
National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd), Director
General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, and the Chief Executive
Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
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