Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigeria’s
permanent representative to the United Nations, has emerged president of the
74th UN general assembly.
Muhammad-Bande, sole candidate
for the position, emerged through acclamation at the 87th plenary meeting of
the Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
He is the second Nigerian to hold
the office after Joseph Garba, a retired military officer and diplomat, who led
the organ between 1989 and 1990.
He will be inaugurated in
September. President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Muhammad- Bande as
Nigeria’s representative to the UN on March 31, 2018.
He was born on December 7, 1957,
in Zagga, present-day Kebbi State.
He received a BSc in political science
from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979, MA in political science from
Boston University, USA in 1981; and a Ph.D in political science from University
of Toronto, Canada, in 1987.
He was the vice-chancellor of
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto between 2004 and 2009. He served as the
director-general of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies NIPSS)
from 2010 to 2016.
He served as the vice-president
of the general assembly during the 71st session.
A recipient of the national
honour of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is
married with four children.
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