No fewer than five governors and seven ministers are accompanying President Bola Tinubu on Sunday to New York, for the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be his first as the Nigerian leader.
According to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, the president will also be joined by other aides in what is meant to be a trimmed down delegation.
Also traveling with the President: the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar; Coordinating Minister of the Economy & Finance, Mr. Wale Edun, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Mohammed Pate; Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr. Dele Alake, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr.
The presidential spokesman said that on September 19, the first day of the High-Level General Debate of the 78th UNGA Session, President Tinubu will deliver his inaugural National Statement. "President Tinubu's address will encompass several issues, such as sustainable development, climate change, global cooperation, and the imperative to address inequalities and global humanitarian crises.
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