Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said Nigeria and other African countries seeking investors and global attention must be united despite the obvious cultural, religious and political differences.
Osinbajo said this on Friday while receiving in audience a Special Envoy from the Egyptian President Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi, Ms. Moushira Khattab, who is vying for the position of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation, UNESCO.
“We have seen the great importance of UNESCO,” Osinbajo noted, adding that this is especially so at a time the Federal Government is confronting the challenges in North-East including the planning for the education of hundreds of thousands of displaced children.
He added that “it is important that Africa remains united to take its place, and we stand to benefit the most that way, including in the work of UNESCO.
On the UNESCO election Special Envoy Khattab said that the African Union has pledged to support her candidacy in the forthcoming UNESCO election.
She therefore requested Nigeria’s support, considering, according to her, the important role of Nigeria “and the great respect that you enjoy in Africa and globally.”
Acting President Osinbajo then assured the Special Envoy that Nigeria would explore and consider the matter.
He thanked the envoy for the visit and extended President Muhammadu Buhari’s friendly greetings to his Egyptian counterpart.