Tinubu missing as world leaders gather at UN General Assembly
Trump, Burnham to meet for first time
President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu is a major absentee as the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) commences in New York City today, making it the third consecutive year that Tinubu is not leading Nigeria’s delegation to the assembly of world leaders.
Almost 130 heads of state and government are scheduled to attend the annual week-long event to deliver a message from their nation to the world.
US President Donald Trump is one of the first lined up to speak, with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also on the schedule for today.
And, Trump will have his first face-to-face meeting with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who has stated that he hopes the two leaders can find “common ground”
Some leaders have already been pictured having talks, with Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seen together last night. Earlier, Burnham walked through Central Park with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who came under harsh criticism a couple of months back when migrants from Morocco crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with Italian authorities closing its borders with Spain.
