President Goodluck Jonathan arrived
at the JFK International Airport in New York early of Sunday ahead of the 68th
session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the President was received by the supervising Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, the Nigerian Permanent
Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu and the Nigerian Ambassador to the
U.S., Prof. Ade Adefuye.
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The President was later
received at the city centre by the Minister of State for Works and
supervising Minister, National Planning Commission, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda,
the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Akinwumi Adesina and Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of
Ondo State.
Jonathan is scheduled to meet with
no fewer than 250 selected Nigerian professionals in the U.S. later in the day
and also meet the U.S. President on a later date.
The President is expected to hold
five bilateral meetings that will cover the EU, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Lebanon,
as well as Trinidad and Tobago.
This year’s UNGA is a unique one for
Nigeria as President Jonathan will be among the four world leaders and the
first African leader to address the UN General Assembly.
He will be speaking after the
leaders of Brazil, U.S. and Turkey.
After the President’s address, the
supervising minister of National Planning Commission will be chairing the side
event, organised by the Leading Group of Innovative Financing for Development,
a global body which has 63 member nations and many International
Non-Governmental Organisations. (NAN)
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