PRESIDENT BUHARI,OBAMA TO MEET IN NEW YORK CITY NEXT WEEK

Gotten frm pulse: The 71st UN General session opens on Monday. It will be
President Buhari’s second appearance since he came to
power on 29 May last year.
The meeting confirmed by White House was not on the
itinerary of the Nigerian leader released on Friday.
Obama is also scheduled to meet with presidents of Iraq and
Colombia.
Obama will discuss with President Buhari about continued
U.S. support for security and economic changes in the
country, as well the government’s efforts to counter the
terrorist group Boko Haram.
Nigeria and the US have pending agreement over the sale of
US military equipment, especially attack helicopters to fight
the insurgents.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina , President
Buhari will deliver Nigeria’s statement at the opening of the
General Debate of the Assembly on “The Sustainable
Development Goals: A Universal Push to Transform Our
World.”
Adesina revealed that the president will also attend a high-
level summit to be hosted by the UN, on “Large Movements of
Refugees and Migrants’’.
“The summit, which is the first of its kind organised by the
General Assembly at the Heads of State and Government
level, is expected to come up with a blueprint for a better
international response to enhance protection of migrants and
refugees.’’
He also said that Buhari would deliver a keynote address on
“Taking Climate Action toward Sustainable Development in
Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin.”
The president’s aide disclosed that leaders of member-
countries of Lake Chad Basin will attend the summit,
organised by Nigerian government, to highlight the urgent
need to mobilise international response to the situation in the
Chad Basin.
“Over nine million people are in need of humanitarian
assistance in the Lake Chad Basin.”
He said that while in New York for the annual gathering of
world leaders, the president would attend series of meetings
as well as side events, which were of significant interest to
Nigeria.