President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday left New York for Abuja, after a successful conclusion of an eventful outing at the 76th Session high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly.
Buhari on Friday addressed the world leaders.
He spoke on the leadership role of Nigeria in stabilising peace in West-Africa and tackling the scourge of terrorism in the sub-region.
The President also talked on COVID-19 and the contributions of Nigeria to contain the pandemic and appealed for debt cancellation for countries mostly affected by the pandemic.
He also raised an alarm over the unconstitutional takeover of power in West Africa, among other global issues.
After delivering Nigeria’s statement to the world leaders, President Buhari subsequently had a meeting with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.
During the historic meeting, the UN scribe urged the Nigerian leader to use his position to stabilise the West African sub-region.
The Nigerian leader had participated in many bilateral meetings with a number of leaders of other countries’ delegations and heads of international development organisations.
President Buhari, who arrived in New York for the annual gathering of world leaders, attended the opening of the General Debates on Tuesday.
In the same vein, he held a bilateral meeting with President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi.
He also met with the Director-General of World Trade Organisation, Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and also attended the UN Food Systems Summit, where he restated Nigeria’s commitment to food security.
The President, on Wednesday, participated at the hybrid “High-Level event”, tagged Transformative Actions for Nature and People.
Subsequently, President Buhari held a bilateral meeting with the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed.
The Nigerian leader also held a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General’s Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Queen of The Netherlands, Her Majesty, Maxima Zorreguieta.
The high-level meeting on UN Food Systems Summit was also attended by the Nigerian leader on Thursday.
Buhari subsequently had bilateral meetings with the Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Mark Rutte.
NAN reports that the Nigerian delegation participated in other high-level events such as the High-Level Dialogue on Energy.
The events also attended by President Buhari included the Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on Reparations, Racial Justice and Equality for People of African Descent.
(NAN)