President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has applauded the election of Jimoh Ibrahim, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as Chairman of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Fifth Committee on Budget and Administration.
The President, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Presidential Spokesman, noted that the election of Ibrahim is noteworthy at a “particularly critical moment for the United Nations, as the world body navigates significant financial realignment while advancing critical institutional reforms to strengthen its effectiveness, accountability, and long-term sustainability”
The President described the election to the Committee within weeks of his official resumption at the UN as a validation of his “wealth of experience in public service, diplomacy, business leadership and governance”
President Tinubu noted that Jimoh Ibrahim’s member of Nigerian Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriation and Chairman of Inter-Parliamentary Relations had prepared him for the new roles at the UN Related News Three ex-Osun lawmakers quit APC amid growing internal discontent Oborevwori ran to APC to avoid defeat in 2027, Omo-Agege alleges Senate moves to establish malaria elimination agency
