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Buhari Nominates Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed To AU Reform C’ttee

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of the Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed, to serve in the African Union Reform Steering Committee.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.

According to Shehu, the committee, headed by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, is tasked with ongoing institutional reforms of the AU Commission and its organs.

He said the committee comprising eminent persons from the continent would work on a part-time basis to produce a report for presentation to the 28th African Union Summit in January 2017.

Shehu stated: “A versatile and accomplished development practitioner in the public, private and civil society sectors with over three decades experience, Mrs Mohammed had served as the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on MDGs, serving three Presidents over a period of six years.

“Until her appointment as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in November 2015, she was the Assistant Secretary/Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning.”

 

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