Buhari on the way home from New York
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the president and his delegation attended the high-level mandela peace meeting on global peace in honour of the centenary birth of late south african president nelson mandela1 president muhammadu buhari departed new york for nigeria on saturday afternoon after his participation at the 73rd session of the united nations general assembly which officially opened on sept. 181 the correspondent of the news agency of nigeria nan reports that buhari arrived in new york on sunday sept. 23 2018 for the gathering of the world leaders1 the theme for this years session was making the united nations relevant to all people global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful equitable and sustainable societies1 the highpoint of buharis participation was his address on tuesday to the general assembly on the opening day of the general debate1 the president in his presentation of nigerias national statement sought global cooperation on security anti-corruption irregular migration climate change and un reforms among others1 buhari and his wife aisha also attended a reception hosted by the un secretary-general antonio guterres and his spouse for heads of state and government and their spouses1 buhari in the company of his wife aisha was seen off by a large entourage including the director-general of national intelligence agency ahmed abubakar former minister of foreign affairs amb. babagana kingibe minister of foreign affairs geoffrey onyeama and edo governor godwin obaseki1 the nigerian delegation also participated in a high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis organised by the world health organisation who as nigeria currently ranks seventh amongst the high tb-burden countries globally and second in africa where mrs buhari also delivered a statement1 the nigerian delegation attended a high-level meeting on financing the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and world economic forums sustainable development impact summit1 others are the second annual bloomberg global business forum high-level meeting on action for peace-keeping commemoration and promotion of the international day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons high-level meeting on the third industrial development decade for africa and pathway to localising a global agenda1 during the course of his stay in new york buhari had bilateral meetings with many african and world leaders including bill gates with a view to promoting national and african interests1 president buhari also had interactive sessions with a selected group of nigerian professionals based in the united states and canada1 others in the presidents entourage were attorney-general and minister of justice abubakar malami health minister prof. isaac adewole industry trade and investment counterpart minister okechukwu enelamah budget and national planning minister udoma udoma and minister of state for environment ibrahim jibrin1 nigerias ambassador to the u.s. retired justice sylvanus nsofor permanent representative to the un prof. tijjani bande comptroller-general of nigeria immigration service mohammad babandede and acting chairman of economic and financial crimes commission ibrahim magu and a host of other chief executive officers and aides were also on the presidential entourage1