President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, left Daura, his country, for the 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LCD) in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
This follows an invitation by the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The conference, from today to Thursday, March 9, 2023 with the theme: “From Potential to Prosperity,” is held once in a decade and provides an opportunity to gain support from the international community to accelerate sustainable development in LDCs, as well. as helping them to move forward to achieve prosperity.
In Doha, President Buhari will reinforce Nigeria’s commitment to support the most vulnerable countries to meet development challenges, highlighting areas that the Nigerian government has provided with various forms of aid over time.
Since most of these countries are struggling to find sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, the negative effects of climate change, the food and energy crisis, as well as high debt burdens, the President will vigorously emphasize the need for sustainable solutions for countries facing these problems . severe challenge.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said the Summit will be attended by world leaders, the private sector, civil society and youth organizations.
He added that the summit aims to share the idea of ​​development and the mobilization of political will, solidarity, action and solutions to transform LDCs, by finding sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, food insecurity, hunger, weak or non-existent infrastructure, health facilities that are not enough , climate change among others, as they struggle to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
President Buhari’s delegation includes several Ministers and top government officials who are expected to use the opportunity to sign several agreements and Memorandums of Agreement with the government of Qatar. Shehu said the President would return to the country on Wednesday, March 8.