President
Muhammadu Buhari has been scheduled to address the 72nd session of the
United Nations General Assembly in the United States on Tuesday,
September 19, 2017.
The President of Nigeria is listed as number seven on the provincial list of speakers.
Buhari is expected to speak after the leaders of Brazil, the United States, Guinea, Switzerland, Jordan and Slovakia.
The Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
confirmed to PUNCH on the telephone that Buhari would attend the UN
General Assembly.
Shehu said, “I cannot tell you the time he
will be going because it can change but I know he is expected to be the
eighth speaker at the UN. So, he will be there and he will speak.”