Senate President leads delegation to 4th UN Conference of Parliamentary Heads

Senate President, Bukola Saraki will Tomorrow Monday, 31st August,2015 lead the Nigerian delegation to participate in the 4th United Nations Conference of Parliamentary Heads holding at the organisation headquarters in New York, United States. This year’s conference which will be declared open by the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, will feature presentation of reports and general debate on “placing democracy at the service of peace and sustainable development.”
Other issues billed for debate include ‘Challenges facing Parliaments today’, ‘Parliamentary Oversight: challenges and opportunities ‘, while a bi-lateral meeting with Dr. Saraki is expected to be hosted by the Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), Mr. Yuli-Yoel Edelstein.

The Senate President and his team departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for New York on Saturday ahead of the conference which begins on Monday, 31st August 2015 and ends on Wednesday September 3, 2015.