President Muhammadu Buhari will next week lead the Federal Government
delegation to New York where he would address the 71st regular session
of the United Nations General Assembly on September 21, 2016.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who said this on
Friday in Abuja, explained that the President would use the opportunity
to build on his excellent relationship with other world leaders and
demand the recovery of illicit and looted funds.
According to him, the FG would canvass for the election of an
Afro-centric UN Secretary-General, who would be pro-developing
countries.
He stated that Buhari would also push for the candidature of
Nigerians into various international agencies which he said had
influence on UN policy and programmes globally.
Onyeama said it was absolutely important that Nigeria engaged in
multilateral relations, noting that it had candidates for positions in
International Civil Aviation Authority and the United Nations Human
Rights Council.
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