VP Shettima Arrives In New York For UNGA 80

Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived successful New York, United States of America to be the 80th week-long league of the United Nations General Assembly, scheduled to clasp from Monday, September 22 to Sunday, September 28, 2025.

Representing President Bola Tinubu, the Vice President is acceptable to present Nigeria’s nationalist connection astatine the planetary event, enactment successful the UN high-level wide debates and be assorted broadside events.

This is conscionable arsenic the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has reiterated Nigeria’s committedness to effectual multilateralism and enhanced partnerships.

According to a connection by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, portion successful New York, the Vice President volition denote Nigeria’s caller Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) nether the Paris Agreement and be the high-level roundtable of the Global Champions connected Adequate and Affordable Housing, contiguous Nigeria’s nationalist connection and prosecute successful respective bilateral meetings and different engagements.

Senator Shettima was received by Amb. Tuggar, Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; the Charge d’Affaires astatine the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, Amb. Samson Itegboje; Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji; the Nigerian Defence Attaché successful New York, Brigadier General Edward Koleoso; Defence Attaché Washington, Group Captain Sani Kalgo; among others.

Speaking connected Nigeria’s people for this year’s UNGA, Amb. Tuggar said Nigeria is championing the United Nations Global Convention connected Taxation, which is precise cardinal to the ongoing propulsion to betterment the planetary fiscal architecture.

He said, “This is thing that has enactment Nigeria successful the presumption of leadership, and you tin spot that during the briefing for the Vice President, determination were Ministers present, elder authorities officials, and the full thought of having this briefing is truthful that we volition each beryllium connected the aforesaid page.

“So, going retired engaging, we person to marque definite that we beforehand this; we besides beforehand Nigeria’s propulsion to go a imperishable subordinate of the United Nations Security Council, due to the fact that Africa has thing referred to arsenic the communal African position.”

The Minister noted that Africa is the lone continent oregon grouping that has a communal presumption connected what should beryllium done erstwhile it comes to reforming the UN Security Council, insisting that Africa should person a minimum of 2 imperishable seats based connected what is referred to arsenic the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration.

“We besides person the contented of peacekeeping, you know, Nigeria has participated successful 1 of the 60 peacekeeping operations that the United Nations has had. We privation to guarantee that erstwhile it comes to peace, the contributions to peacekeeping, not conscionable troops, but the funding, we are not deed twice.

“Nigeria contributes not lone connected the African broadside but so besides connected the UN side. We reiterated Nigeria’s presumption connected the struggle successful the Middle East, successful Gaza, Palestine, the contented of Eastern Congo, and the struggle successful Sudan. The Vice President volition beryllium gathering with the Prime Minister of Sudan, and helium is besides going to enactment successful the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting,” helium said.

Also, the Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, said Nigeria’s information successful the 80th UNGA volition surely further reposition the state arsenic an concern destination and 1 of the starring economies successful Africa.

“We are looking astatine areas of our strength. We are present with immoderate ministers and governors. Some of the areas we are looking astatine person to bash with coagulated mineral resources, successful which Nigeria is truly doing highly well.

“We are besides looking astatine different areas of concern that person to bash with our economy; that is, the country of Agriculture and different areas of the economy, skills-based acquisition successful our country.

“And of course, the Vice President has prepared the Nigerian presumption that volition beryllium delivered connected Wednesday by the grace of God, and I’m optimistic that it volition further reposition Nigeria arsenic the starring system successful Africa,” the politician said.

For her part, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Olajumoke Omoniyi Oduwole said Nigeria volition propulsion for its presumption successful promoting and enforcing Sustainable Development and marrying it to the nation’s goal.

“We besides person a fig of interventions and broadside events that Nigeria volition beryllium hosting. On Monday, we person the Nigeria Investment Day, which volition beryllium attended by the Vice President Shettima. It volition item our precedence sectors. We are highlighting the coagulated minerals, we are highlighting telecommunications and exertion successful its entirety.

“So successful all, it is to propulsion guardant the Renewed Hope Agenda and the areas that we are focusing connected successful concern to pus...