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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari met governors Kashim Shettima (Borno), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto), in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, before he left the country for the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, in New York, the United States of America, yesterday.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and Special Adviser to the Sokoto State governor on Media, Imam Imam, confirmed the meeting of their respective Facebook pages, on the same day.
The meeting reportedly centered on national issues, including security situations in their respective states.
“President Buhari departs Abuja to New York, for the 72nd Session of the United Nation General Assembly on September 17, 2017,” Adesina wrote on his wall.
President Buhari would, at the UN, participate in the general debate with the theme: Focusing on people: Striving for peace and a decent life for all on a sustainable planet.
Buhari would also join other world leaders at a welcome reception, which would be hosted by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
He would also hold a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe, as well as have a lunch meeting with US President, Donald Trump, alongside other world leaders.
The president was accompanied on the trip by governors of Zamfara, Abdulazeez Yari, Ebonyi, Dave Umahi and Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu as well as key cabinet ministers.
He would, however, transit through London, on his way back to the country.
Shettima, who is also chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, had, in a statement issued in Maiduguri, praised residents of the region for keeping the peace in the face of the recent clashes between members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and soldiers, in some parts of the South East.
“No Nigerian deserves to be punished for the mere fact that he or she happens to be living or doing legitimate business in any part of the country,’’ Shettima was quoted in the statement.
IPOB has been proscribed by South East governors and declared a terrorist group by the military.
