Buhari, 60 World Leaders Hold Nuclear Security Summit In U.S

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to join about 60 other world leaders and heads of international organizations to hold the 4th Nuclear Security Summit which opens on Thursday.
Consequently, President Buhari is due to fly to Washington DC tomorrow, to be welcome by President Barack Obama of America.
A statement by Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina said that
President Buhari will insist that while Nigeria will continue to sustain that commitment, the world powers must respect the right of other countries to the peaceful use of nuclear energy for development purposes.
“The President will reaffirm Nigeria’s stance that international efforts to ensure greater security of nuclear materials should maintain a balance between nuclear non-proliferation obligations and the indisputable right of Nigeria and other countries to harness nuclear energy and technology for socio-economic development.
“It will be recalled that at a meeting with him in Abuja earlier this month, President Buhari told the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr. Yukiya Amano that the Federal Government will welcome greater support from the agency for Nigeria’s aspiration to begin the generation of electricity with nuclear energy.”
The statement said that while in Washington DC for the Nuclear Security Summit, the President and his delegation, including Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd.) and the Director-General of Nigeria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Professor Lawrence Anikwe Dim, will also  hold bilateral meetings with other participating Heads of Government and high-ranking United States Government officials.
The plenary sessions of the summit is dedicated to reinforcing international commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
President Buhari is expected to return to Nigeria on Sunday. [myad]