I wholeheartedly endorse the choice of of @AminaJMohammed as the next Deputy Secretary-General of the @UN. It is a great honour to Nigeria.
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BY Amina Mohammed, then Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General, speaks at the 2015 Social Good Summit, New York City, September 27, 2015. Mohammed has been appointed deputy to incoming U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
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The incoming U.N. Secretary-General, António Guterres, has designated Nigerian environment minister Amina Mohammed as his right-hand woman.
The 54-year-old, who is of mixed British-Nigerian heritage, brings a wealth of development experience to the role. Mohammed has worked alongside outgoing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon in pushing the international community to wipe out poverty and tackle climate change, while also serving three Nigerian administrations in the development field.
Mohammed said she was “humbled” to have been selected by Guterres. “An amazing journey awaits us serving [member states] to deliver on the ambitions set in 2015 by the U.N.,” Mohammed tweeted on Thursday.
Her current boss, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, also congratulated his minister on her appointment:
I wholeheartedly endorse the choice of of @AminaJMohammed as the next Deputy Secretary-General of the @UN. It is a great honour to Nigeria.
I'm grateful to @AminaJMohammed for her service to Nigeria, and have no doubt that in her new assignment she will continue to make us proud.