FORMER Presidential media aide, Laolu Akande, has lauded Nigerian career diplomats for their role in maintaining Nigeria’s prominence at the 2024 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He said this during an Inside Sources, a Channels Television programme which he hosts on a weekly basis. Akande’s remarks came in light of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to focus on home issues, which resulted in his absence from the global summit. Speaking during My Take segment of the programme which was broadcast from New York, Akande noted that President Tinubu’s absence from the United Nations General Assembly posed challenges for Nigerian diplomats…
Author: Laolu Akande, New York
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