The President of the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has assured the Nigerian Government that the UN will help Nigeria in eliminating hunger and ensuring peace and security, including quality education.
He gave the assurance during a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, yesterday in Abuja.
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He said: “Our mandates are very clear as stated. Poverty eradiation must be key, so is peace and security, so will be education, so will be inclusion.
“And these are already agreed goals, but they take particular urgency in Africa and in the global turf, but they are also important for the global community.
“We have already a road map and we have made all the key appointments to help in key negotiations that are necessary to have the system operate.”
Muhammad-Bande added that the UN system assisted Nigeria in dealing with the regional problem of Boko Haram, even as he expressed delight over the success of the war against insurgency in the country.
In response, Onyeama assured Bande of Nigeria’s support.
“Your vision is one that this country and this governments identifies with and it also correspond to our priorities as a government,” he added.
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