President of the United Nations General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande arrived Nigeria yesterday evening on a four-day official visit to the Country.
He was received by the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms Comfort Lamptey, the Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport at 11:45 PM.
He expressed his excitement to be back home and learn about issues bordering on the Regional Expert Conference on the Human Rights Situation of Older Persons in Africa.
The conference, which is for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, will hold in Abuja on Nov. 25.
It will have as participants, governments, national human rights institutions, civil society organisations, academia, older persons, regional organisations as well as intergovernmental institutions and United Nations organisations.
The Conference will also witness the participation of non-African member states and is open to a global audience.
It is also expected to provide a better understanding of progress made and challenges faced in ensuring those rights, as well as exchange-related experiences and lessons.
He will also visit the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja as well as the reconstructed UN House.
Muhammad-Bande’s election was the second time that Nigeria has produced the president of UNGA in three decades and since joining the UN as its 99th member in 1960.
