President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Tuesday, travel to London, UK for medical checkup after attending a United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Nairobi meeting is scheduled for the 3rd-4th of March, 2022 and is in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of UNEP.
After the meeting, the President will visit the UK capital for a 2-week medical checkup.
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya is said to have invited Buhari to attend the UNEP Special Session themed, ‘Strengthening UNEP for the Implementation of the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.’
The trip was disclosed in a statement released by his aide, Femi Adesina and titled, ‘President Buhari attends a special session on UNEP@50 in Kenya,’ will have the Nigerian leader deliver the National Statement of the country and participate in High-Level Dialogue Sessions on the Environment.
According to the organisers of the event, “for 50 years, UNEP has coordinated a worldwide effort with Member States to address the world’s biggest environmental challenges. Member States are vital partners in formulating UNEP’s policy, implementing UNEP’s programme, and championing solutions to our shared environmental challenges.
UNEP@50 is a time to reflect on the past and envision the future. It provides an opportunity to reinvigorate international cooperation and spur collective action to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. No country or continent can solve these global crises alone. But each nation has a crucial role to play in protecting our people and planet.”
President Muhammadu Buhari will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of State for the Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd), Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, and the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
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