President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, to serve in the African Union Reform Steering Committee.
The nomination was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to the statement, the committee headed by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is tasked with ongoing institutional reforms of the AU Commission and its organs.Shehu said the committee which comprises eminent persons from the continent would work on part-time basis to produce a report for presentation to the 28th African Union Summit in January 2017. “A versatile and accomplished development practitioner in the public, private and civil society sectors with over three decades experience, Mrs. Mohammed had served as the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on MDGs, serving three Presidents over a period of six years. Until her appointment as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in November 2015, she was the Assistant Secretary/Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning,” the statement read.
