Just in: Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande emerges UN General Assembly President

Just in: Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande emerges UN General Assembly President

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 3:58 pm


Prof. Tijani Bande

Prof. Tijani Bande

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has emerged President of the 74th UN General Assembly.

Muhammad-Bande, the sole candidate for the position, was elected through acclamation at the 87th plenary meeting of the Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

He is the second Nigerian to hold the office after Joseph Garba, a retired military officer and diplomat, who led the organ between 1989 and 1990.

He will be inaugurated in September.

Details later

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