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New York (Precise Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari has left New York for Abuja, after participating in the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Buhari departed via the JFK Airport en-route to Nigeria at about 11am local time. The president’s Special Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmaad, confirmed this via his Twitter feed. “After his successful participation in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA, President @MBuhari has left New York for Abuja,” Ahmaad tweeted. President Buhari arrived in New York on September 23. He was 5th on the list of presidents to address the Assembly. Precise Post recalls that President Buhari left Abuja on Sunday for New York where he took part in the 74th United Nations General Assembly.

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By Augustine Ehikioya Abuja (Process Post) – The Presidency has faulted media reports criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s participation at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019 on Monday. A statement by the President’s Media Office on Wednesday said the controversy that followed the summit was uncalled for. It reads “On Monday September 23, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari participated alongside other world leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019. “Since then, we have seen conversations on Twitter doing what Twitter allows many people to spend a lot of their time on: getting things horribly wrong and/or focusing on the wrong things, while completely missing the real/meaningful/actual message. “And so, this is a backgrounder/explainer, focusing on Nigeria’s commitment to climate action, under the Buhari Administration. “The Climate Action Summit was convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to provide an opportunity for world leaders to, “come to New York on 23 September with concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to …

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By Leon Usigbe Abuja (Precise Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in New York called action against social media to prevent it from causing chaos in the world. Buhari made the call in his address during the general debate at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He also served notice to the world that P&IB would not be allowed to scam Nigeria of billions of naira. However, President Buhari praised the world body for electing a Nigerian, Professor Tijjani Mohammed-Bande as its 74th President.

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Abuja (Precise Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74) which opened on Tuesday, September 17. Special Adviser to The President on Media, Femi Adesina who disclosed this in a statement made available to Newsmen said that the President’s participation at this year’s gathering of world leaders is particularly significant as it coincides with Nigeria’s Presidency of UNGA. Recall that on June 4, 2019, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, was unanimously elected as the President of UNGA74 – an indication of the country’s high esteem in the global reckoning.  This marks the second time Nigeria would be occupying that prestigious position following late Maj-Gen. Joseph Nanven Garba’s election during UNGA44 in 1989. The theme for UNGA74 is, “Galvanizing Multilateral Efforts for Poverty Eradication, Quality Education, Climate Action and Inclusion.” The statement added that, “The General Debates will kick off on Tuesday, September 24 during which leaders of delegations will present their National Statements as well as speak …

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