3,758 backpacks.
3,758 children not going back to school because they were killed in conflict last year.
Today I visited @UNICEF’s powerful and heartbreaking installation @UN.
World leaders need to do more to #ENDviolence against children, and all civilians caught in conflict.
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention entered into force 20 yrs ago. Today, Member States & partners, including the #EU, gathered in front of the iconic Broken Chair in Geneva to mark this event! Happy birthday @MineBanTreaty
#APMineBanISM@ICRC's non-paper on #IEDs Falling Within the Scope of the Convention. Fact: @MineBanTreaty Art2 states "Anti-personnel mine is a mine designed 2be exploded by the presence, proximity or contact of a person that will incapacitate, injure or kill one or more persons"
President @MBuhari had in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau graciously approved support to the country's election process including 350 units of electoral kits, 10 motorcycles, 5 Hilux vans, 2 light trucks and US$500,000.
NOTICE:
President @MBuhari will sign the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law tomorrow Wednesday June 20, 2018, at noon (12pm).
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will not hold tomorrow.
#Budget2018#FECBrief
With Nigeria's Ambassador to the #USA, Hon. Justice Sylvanus Nsofor ahead of H.E. President @MBuhari's arrival today for a meeting with @POTUS, @realDonaldTrump on April 30. #PMBinUSA
PHOTOS: President @MBuhari arrives Washington DC ahead of his Working Visit to the United States. He will meet with President Trump at the White House tomorrow. #PMBinDC
On behalf of the Govt of Nigeria, and on my own behalf, I thank the @_AfricanUnion for entrusting me with the responsibility of serving as Champion of this year's theme: "Winning the fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation." https://t.co/VAmzHm9VOH
President @MBuhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of his participation in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the @_AfricanUnion#PMBAtAU
I want to assure Nigerians that every additional income that comes to the Federal Government in 2018, from the rising price of crude oil, will be deployed to infrastructure projects: roads, rail, and power, for the benefit of all our people. #TheYearOfInfrastructure
At the 29th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State & Government of the @_AfricanUnion, in July 2017, the Assembly nominated President @MBuhari as the Champion of the 2018 AU Theme: "Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation.” #PMBAtAU
With five more working days to the end of 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service has generated N1,012,259,006,779.74, exceeding the N770.5 billion target its set for this year.
This is the Customs’ highest revenue collection ever in the history of Nigeria.