Nigeria seeks AU support for ITU seat

Nigeria is seeking AU support for the candidature of  Shola Taylor, for the post of the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

The ITU elections will hold during the plenipotentiary conference of the ITU in Busan, South Korea scheduled for between October and November.

Already, Nigerian diplomats attending the AU summit have stepped up campaign to get the support of African countries for their candidate.

Nigeria is contesting for the post alongside candidates from Canada, Egypt, Mauritania, Poland, Tunisia and the UK.

Members of the committee are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritius, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.