Exactly 30 years after Nigeria produced the President of the United Nations General Assembly , the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, will on Tuesday, assume office as the 74th President of UNGA.
Muhammad-Bande’s emergence as UNGA president early this week will mark the second time that Nigeria has the golden opportunity to ascend such a global position after General Joseph Garba , a military diplomat, emerged 62nd UNGA President in 1989. Other members of the team, according to the statement, include the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency , Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar, and Shehu.
He will take over from Ecuadorean Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, who was elected the 73rd President of UNGA on June 5, 2018.
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