The incoming United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has unveiled Ms. Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General. He did on Thursday, December 15.
Mohammed is Nigeria’s current Minister of Environment, and one time UN Under-Secretary-General to outgoing UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on the 2030 Agenda for Development.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the secretary-general-designate also announced the appointment of two other women into top UN positions.
NAN reports that Guterres had hinted on Monday, December 12 after he took the oath of office that gender parity would be top on his agenda as the UN scribe.
The UN chief, who succeeds outgoing secretary-general Ban, will assume office on January 1, 2017, for the next five years.
Mohammed was recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve in the African Union (AU) Reform Steering Committee as Nigeria’s Representative.
Mohammed, who hails from Gombe State in North-East, had formerly served as adviser to the outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
Prior to this confirmation, there were unconfirmed media reports that Mohammed, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The social and traditional media outfits had reported widely that Mohammed is set to be appointed UN Deputy Secretary-General, the government said it was not aware of the appointment.
A tweet by Pamela Falk, CBS news reporter for the United Nations, obtained by NAN, said that the world body would soon release a statement confirming the appointment of Mohammed.