Aisha Buhari departs for New York to attend UNGA

Wife the President, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday departed Nigeria for New York, United States, to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (NNGA). She traveled with her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari.

Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to Wife of the President, State House, in statement on Sunday in Abuja, indicated that while in New York Aisha Buhari will address the General Assembly’s High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, where she will speak on issues relating to increased political commitment, funding and robust partnerships on the 26th September, 2018. The event will be preceded on the 25th September by a Gala Dinner organized to celebrate Global TB Champions, Celebrities and TB Survivors, where Mrs. Buhari is billed to present inspiring remarks.

The 21st Summit of Organization of African First Ladies against AIDS (OAFLA) General Assembly which could not hold at Mauretania earlier in the year will hold during UNGA. Mrs. Buhari will address the session which is also centered on Tuberculosis.

On the Sidelines of OAFLA, Mrs. Buhari will attend a number of high level events including a Stakeholders Meeting on Breast and Cervical Cancers in Africa and another on HIV as well as a strategic planning workshop for First Ladies and their Technical Advisers.

Mrs. Buhari was appointed Global TB Champion by the Stop TB Partnership and Special Ambassador for the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) in recognition of her work in health advocacy.