Nigeria has assumed the chairmanship of the African Group at the United Nations even as it pledged to pursue reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), peace and security around the world, consolidate Africa’s position and to enhance the status of women.
A statement issued on Thursday by the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Ehidiamen Edokpa, said that Nigeria took the chairmanship position from Benin Republic on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 for the month of March at African Union Observer Mission at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Nigeria’s Ambassador/ Permanent Representative to the UN, Tijjani Bande, who took over from Jean Claude do Rego of Benin Republic on behalf of Nigeria, said making his remarks, that Nigeria will strengthen Africa’s position in the UN from the point of view of the continent.
