FG Despatches Team As Bande Assumes UN Assembly Presidency, Today

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, is all set to take office as the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The ceremonies would take place at the UN New York headquarters on September 16th and 17th, ahead of the High-Level week of the UNGA when leaders of the nations of the world take turns to address the General Assembly.
A government team to the historic event to be led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, include the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Shehu, in a statement, yesterday, recalled that Bande was elected President of the 74th session of the General Assembly by acclamation on Tuesday, June 4, to serve the one-year role.
“The Muhammad-Bande presidency, coming 30 years after this country’s first, presents Nigeria and Africa a unique opportunity to ensure the implementation of the existing mandates for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with particular focus on peace and security, poverty eradication, zero hunger, quality education, climate action and inclusion”, Shehu noted.