Nigeria Wins Seat on UN Women’s Rights Committee

* Jimoh Ibrahim hails First Lady

Sunday Ehigiator

Nigeria has been elected into the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), clinching one of the coveted seats on the influential global body after polling 123 votes from member states at elections held at the United Nations headquarters.

The victory places Nigeria among 12 countries elected to serve on the committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), one of the world’s foremost international human rights treaties promoting women’s rights and gender equality.

Announcing the outcome of the election, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, described the development as a significant diplomatic milestone and congratulated the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and Nigerian women for what he called a well-deserved international recognition.