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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon wound up his two-day visit to Nigeria with an invitation to the country’s state governors and captains of industry to attend a meeting of world leaders in New York on combatting extremism.
At a meeting with the governors, Mr Ban said that the UN welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s “input and experience” into the new resolution against terrorism at the General Assembly.
The issue of insurgency that has claimed more than 17,000 Nigerians will be the key issue to be addressed at the United Nations September 28 meeting.
President Barack Obama of the US and French President Francois Hollande are expected to attend.
The Secretary-General also urged the 36 governors to empower the vulnerable in the society.
Earlier, Mr Ban laid a wreath at the UN building in Abuja to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the deadly attack on the building by Boko Haram.
The attack which took place on August 26, 2011 killed 25 people, mainly foreigners.
He also met with Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo.
On his part, President Buhari accepted the invitation to attend the September UN general assembly meeting in New York.
