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Vice President Kashim Shettima met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres astatine the UN office successful the United States to sermon cardinal issues including Nigeria’s quest for a imperishable spot connected the United Nations Security Council and different matters of communal interest.
In a connection by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, Vice President Shettima emphasised the request for the UN to enactment Nigeria’s aspiration to go a imperishable subordinate of the UN Security Council.
The 2 leaders besides held bilateral discussions focusing connected achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), clime change, collaboration connected strengthening ideology successful Nigeria and the African portion arsenic good arsenic concern with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) connected determination initiatives for ideology and security.
Speaking astir the sojourn to the United Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar disclosed that the UN has a precise beardown beingness successful Nigeria, with galore of its agencies domiciled successful the country.
Tuggar told journalists that the UN Secretary-General commended the Vice President aft the gathering for emphasising Nigeria’s request for a imperishable presumption connected the UN Security Council.
Providing penetration into the VP-UN Secretary-General meeting, Minister of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy, Dr ‘Bosun Tijani said the Nigerian delegation had a precise cordial engagement with the UN Secretary-General.
Tijani highlighted Guterres’ comments connected artificial quality and his anticipation that Nigeria volition proceed to play a important relation successful that field.
“He was highly blessed erstwhile we mentioned that Nigeria, conscionable a fewer days ago, released our archetypal multilingual and multimodal ample connection model—the archetypal of its benignant connected the African continent, backed by immoderate government.
“Even arsenic we were leaving, helium (Guterres) mentioned that helium would emotion to spot Nigeria enactment different African countries to guarantee Africa is not near down successful artificial quality and that we tin leverage it decently for development,” helium disclosed.
Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu, stressed that the Nigerian authorities had fruitful discussions with the United Nations Secretary-General, highlighting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s efforts successful addressing humanitarian crises and poorness reduction.
“We highlighted that we person 1 of the largest nationalist societal registers containing astir 18.9 cardinal households, and we person reached implicit 8.1 cardinal Nigerians done conditional currency transfers.
“We besides highlighted the government’s efforts to beforehand inclusivity for radical with disabilities,” the curate added.
Furthermore, helium stated that some parties shared ideas connected durable solutions to code ongoing challenges.
Sununu added that the humanitarian ministry was affected by backing reductions to UN organisations, noting that the World Food Programme (WFP) presently supports astir 1.3 cardinal Nigerians receiving exigency nutrient transfers.
The curate stressed that the national authorities was moving earnestly to “fill the gap.”
He disclosed that the UN Secretary-General assured Nigeria of continued enactment to amended the ministry’s capacity, authenticate its nationalist societal register, and unafraid much backing for involution and poorness simplification activities.
Earlier successful the day, the Vice President held a bilateral gathering with the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Lammy MP.
The UK and Nigerian leaders pledged to deepen practice successful trade, economy, defence, and migration.
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