President Bola Tinubu will sit close to United States President Donald Trump during this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where he is also scheduled to address world leaders in September.
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday after meeting with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to Ibrahim, the President has accepted an invitation to attend the annual UN gathering and will deliver a speech highlighting the achievements of his administration’s reforms.
“I can tell you the President has graciously agreed to attend the UNGA meeting of the United Nations,” Ibrahim said.
“He has a speech to give to the whole world about his reform success in Nigeria, and that has been slated for September. So Nigeria will be effectively in UNGA.”
Ibrahim also revealed that Tinubu would be seated “very, very close” to Trump in the front row during the General
