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President Bola Tinubu <\/a>will sit close to United States President Donald Trump during this year\u2019s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where he is also scheduled to address world leaders in September.<\/p>\n Nigeria\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday after meeting with Tinubu <\/a>at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.<\/p>\n According to Ibrahim, the President has accepted an invitation to attend the annual UN gathering and will deliver a speech highlighting the achievements of his administration\u2019s reforms.<\/p>\n \u201cI can tell you the President has graciously agreed to attend the UNGA meeting of the United Nations,\u201d Ibrahim said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has a speech to give to the whole world about his reform success in Nigeria, and that has been slated for September. So Nigeria will be effectively in UNGA.\u201d<\/p>\n Ibrahim also revealed that Tinubu <\/a>would be seated \u201cvery, very close\u201d to Trump in the front row during the General Debate of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n Asked whether the Nigerian leader would hold a meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the event, Ibrahim said, \u201cWell, I won\u2019t be able to tell you that, but I can tell you clearly that President Tinubu <\/a>will be sitting very, very close to Donald Trump in the front row of the United Nations General Assembly. Don\u2019t ask me how and how that was arranged, but he will be sitting.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that Tinubu\u2019s speech has been scheduled for about 10:45 a.m. New York time, around 2:00 p.m. in Nigeria, to allow Nigerians to watch the address live.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will be speaking at a time that Nigeria will not be sleeping. So everybody will listen and see live what the President will be delivering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n