President Bola Tinubu ,on Sunday, departed Abuja for New York, United States to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement made available to TheIdeal News on Sunday afternoon.
This is Tinubu’s first UNGA meeting since he was sworn in as President on May 29.
The President is expected to hold bilateral meetings with various world leaders, including United States President Joe Biden and President of the European Union (EU) Commission, Von der Leyen, on the sidelines of the summit.
Ngelale also disclosed that Tinubu would meet with Brad Smith, global president of Microsoft, and Nick Clegg, head of global affairs for Meta Technologies.
According to Ngelale, Tinubu’s meeting with the duo would focus on strategies on how to improve Nigeria’s digital transformation and leverage artificial intelligence.
He is also expected to deliver his inaugural national statement on the floor of the UN headquarters on September 19.
The Nigerian president will also address American business leaders at the US Chamber of Commerce and conduct the NASDAQ closing ceremony.
Tinubu will be the first African president to do so.
The 78th UNGA session will be held from September 18 to 26 in New York.
The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 agenda and its sustainable development goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all”.
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