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Amina Mohammed, the United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General is set to begin her official visit with a delegation of senior officials of the UN to Nigeria and three other West African countries.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the three other West African Countries are Niger, Sierra Leone, and Ghana.
Part of the official visit, TNG learnt, is to discuss with the governments and other stakeholders on strategies to rebuild after the devastations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a statement from the UN office in Nigeria, the official visit is scheduled for November 8 to 11, 2020.
During the visit to Nigeria, Mohammed and her delegation will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The UN Deputy Secretary General and her delegation will also join Osinbajo to launch the ‘Nigeria UN Plus Offer For Socio-Economic Recovery – 2020 -2022,’ as an offer for immediate and medium-term support to the government and people of Nigeria in response to the socio-economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“She will also join the Minister of Women Affairs to launch the Generation Equality campaign in Nigeria to raise awareness about the agenda of the Beijing Platform for Action and foster inter-generational exchange and dialogue to empower a new generation of women’s rights activists,” the statement read.
Other members of the delegation are the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union, Ms Hannah Tetteh.
The members also include the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Africa, Ms Cristina Duarte and Ms Ahunna Eziakonwa, the Assistant Administrator, Director, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme.