Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on what he called a successful outing at the 72nd Session of United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
The chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in a statement issued in Abuja by his media office, aligned with the President’s message of gratitude to the international community for their efforts in the Lake Chad region which, he said, had helped bring succor to Nigerians affected by the scourge of terrorism.
The Waziri Adamawa said it is also right that Nigeria, through President Buhari, drew the UN’s attention to the sufferings of Myanmar’s Rohingya people, cited by the UN as perhaps the world’s most persecuted minorities.
The former Vice President said that minorities all over the world deserved the cooperation of majority groups.
He voiced his conviction that Nigeria would also provide the world a good example in the way it treated her minority groups.
“It is my sincere desire that arising from President Buhari’s speech, the UN will increase its support to Nigeria and her neighbors in the Lake Chad Region as we redouble our efforts to rid the region of the scourge of terrorism and restore peace and prosperity to a once thriving zone,” he said.
