President of the United Nations General Assembly, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, stated that the UN is committed to eradicating poverty and hunger across the world.
Bande stated this in Abuja on Friday, during his first official visit to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama as part of scheduled activities in the country as President of the UNGA.
The President said that the global body was committed to ensuring peace, security, and quality education worldwide. He emphasized that, poverty eradication, ensuring peace and security, inclusion, quality education, climate action are in line with his vision as the 74th President of the UN General Assembly.
“I am always conscious that I will not fail Nigeria in my capacity as President of the General Assembly at the 74th Session. We have within two months set the proper pace and we are very happy that everyone that has had an association with the system has stated that we have started really well.
“Our mandates are very clear as stated. Poverty eradiation must be key. So is peace and security. So will be education. So will be inclusion.” He said.
He said that the UN system had supported Nigeria in dealing with the regional problem of insurgency and it hopes that, “there is light at the end of the tunnel.”
