{"id":49138,"date":"2024-09-19T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=49138"},"modified":"2024-09-19T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:37:15","slug":"presidency-confirms-abuja-city-journals-report-tinubu-to-skip-un-summit-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/09\/19\/presidency-confirms-abuja-city-journals-report-tinubu-to-skip-un-summit-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency Confirms Abuja City Journal&#8217;s Report: Tinubu to Skip UN Summit in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Presidency has officially confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) summit in New York, lending credence to an earlier exclusive report by <em>Abuja City Journal<\/em> titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/09\/18\/president-tinubu-may-skip-un-summit-next-week-amid-domestic-hardships\/\">President Tinubu May Skip UN Summit Next Week Amid Domestic Hardships<\/a>\u201d on 18 September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information &amp; Strategy in Abuja, Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria&#8217;s delegation further confirming our earlier report.<\/p>\n<p>We earlier wrote \u201cWhile Tinubu\u2019s attendance remains uncertain, insiders suggest that Vice President Kashim Shettima may represent the president at the summit if he chooses to stay back. Shettima, who has experience in diplomacy and international relations, is seen as a capable representative who could effectively convey Nigeria\u2019s positions on key global issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency\u2019s statement says \u201cPresident Tinubu, who returned to the country last Sunday after his trip to China and the United Kingdom, wants to focus on domestic issues and address some of the country&#8217;s challenges, especially after the recent devastating flooding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At UNGA 79, Vice President Shettima will deliver Nigeria&#8217;s national statement to the General Assembly, attend important sideline events, and hold bilateral meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The high-level General Debate, with the theme &#8220;Leaving no one behind: Acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for present and future generations,&#8221; will run from Tuesday, September 24, through Saturday, September 28, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Presidency has officially confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) summit in New York, lending credence to an earlier exclusive report by Abuja City Journal titled \u201cPresident Tinubu May Skip UN Summit Next Week Amid Domestic Hardships\u201d on 18 September 2023. In a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-49138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49139,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49138\/revisions\/49139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}