The group also advised APC’s heirarchy to be extra careful in the handling of the replacement of Gombe State ministerial slot left open by the exit of Amina Mohammed, the erstwhile Minister of the Environment, who is now a Deputy General Secretary of the United Nations
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Mohammed, who made the remarks at the “Solve at the United Nations” event on Tuesday, also said “there are 21 million refugees”
This ministerial slot opportunity is another opportunity to sheathe our swords and let the people have both their say and their way. Any attempt to do otherwise may spell another political doom; like we have seen in Kogi, Delta and Akwa Ibom
The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York reports that the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, administered the oath of office to Mohammed
Mohammed, who was appointed by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on December 15, 2016 as his deputy, was supposed to have assumed office on January 1, 2017
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a cross section of the cabinet ministers could not control their emotion as they wept openly at the event
Guterres also lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s generosity in releasing Mohammed to serve in the global capacity, according to his remarks to the AU Summit obtained by correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria
The Vice-Chancellor of KWASU, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, in a statement from the Office of the University Relations, recalled the Mohammed’s scholarly and remarkable presentation at the 6th Conference on Literature in Northern Nigeria, organized by KWASU in collaboration with Bayero University, Kano in 2011
The UN Special Representative said that the appointment was also a call for African governments to implement policies aimed in empowering women in various positions of government
Speaking with Guterres, who called to inform him of his decision to name Mohammed as the Deputy Secretary-General on Thursday evening, Buhari used the opportunity to reiterate his support and congratulations to the incoming UN arrowhead
Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric
In a tweet on Sunday in Abuja, Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, promised that Nigerians would be fully informed on any development concerning the matter
The message said the minister took over the chairmanship of NWMLE at the ongoing 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties in Marrakech Morocco
“The programme will involve various stakeholders at federal and state levels and it is envisaged as a public-private partnership arrangement that will create new jobs across the country.”
Mohammed said this when she inspected the site of the flag-off of the implementation of the Report at Numuu-Tekuru, Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday
Mohammed, who was speaking on the expected clean-up of Ogoniland, explained that the exercise would begin in a couple weeks
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Nigeria was suspended from international trade in endangered species in March 2015 following its inability to submit an adequate National Ivory Action Plan
The statement said: “The Secretary-General congratulates Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, on her appointment as minister in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria
According to Oyewumi, who was one-time Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to the Oyo State Government, Mohammed is a seasoned development expert, stressing that she will bring to bear her vast cross-border administrative experiences to any portfolio assigned to her by the President