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Antonio Guterres meets Muhammadu Buhari today

Antonio Guterres meets Muhammadu Buhari today

President Muhammadu Buhari will later today meet the visiting United Nations ( UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Antonio Guterres who arrived Nigeria on Tuesday on a two-day official visit, had visited Borno state to assess the UN humanitarian activities in the Boko Haram ravaged region.

UN information centre in Nigeria, had in a statement stated that the secretary-general’s visit to Nigeria is part of his annual Ramadan solidarity visits to nations.

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Guterres is focusing on countries affected by terrorism and also highlighting the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the African continent, it noted. The informed that Guterres is expected to meet with the Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri, the state capital before embarking on a field mission where he will meet families affected by the Boko Haram conflict.

The centre also stated that the Secretary-General will evaluate the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities and assess progress made as well as the challenges to the COVID-19 recovery. Guterres will then head to Nigeria’s capital to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and other top cabinet officials, the centre added.

In Abuja, Guterres is also expected to officiate a wreath-laying ceremony for victims of the 2011 bombing at the U.N. house and will then meet with young people’s delegates, women, religious leaders and diplomatic communities and journalists. Before arriving in Nigeria, Guterres already visited Senegal and Niger.