Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon. Patricia Scotland, will deliver the keynote address at the 3rd Africa Summit, which is set to take place in the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, London.
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A former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said the standing of Nigeria in the Comity of Nations after the 2019 national elections will be determined by how the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Federal Government in general are perceived to have handled the polls.
The Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are expected in Nigeria from November 6 8 in a high profile visit during which the royals would also have audience with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
The Commonwealth Secretariat, in a statement by its Media Division, said Secretary-General Patricia Scotland would deploy Abubakar to lead other eminent persons from across the Commonwealth regions.
Mnangagwa, who became president following the military take-over, has promised to deliver on free and fair elections to win over Zimbabwe’s critics at home and abroad.
The proposal came in a letter dated May 15, to Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland from Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Scotland said this on Tuesday in Abuja when she visited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.
Among the notable invited observers are the EU and the U.S, which have not observed Zimbabwe’s elections since 2002, when relations soured over alleged human rights abuses by Harare.
The Games will hold between April 4 and April 14.
Both leaders of Nigeria’s National Assembly spoke in Yenagoa on Saturday at the opening of the 74th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee meeting.
Samuel Adeleye, Chairman of the NGO, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the group had contacted governors of Lagos, Kogi, Niger, and Rivers for support.
Prof. Ben Maloney, Communications Officer, Commonwealth Secretariat, said in a statement that the High Level Group would make recommendations on governance of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Presidency on Tuesday
Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland and Dr. Kayode Fayemi at London meeting
Born in Dominica, the 60-year-old is a former attorney general in Britain and will be the first woman to occupy the post
Governor Ambode, who was accompanied to the forum by a strong contingent consisting of Commissioners and a Special Advisers from the State Executive Council, intimated investors to various investment opportunities in Lagos State
Princess Halliday, who is in her 20s is a TV Host/Executive Producer and Founder of Empower Africa Initiative
Maseko, who is also the Speaker of Gauteng Legislature, South Africa, said the inclusion of women in decision-making positions would accelerate development of the commonwealth member countries
The 17-member observer mission, which is being led by former Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi, arrived in the island country on August 31 and will depart on September 14, 2013
The development had generated local and international reactions, with
Human Rights Watch criticising Nigeria for not handing over Al-Bashir
to the ICC