President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ghana’s Minister for International Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Botchwey, on her election because the incoming Secretary-Common of the Commonwealth.
PUNCH On-line reviews that leaders of the 56 Commonwealth nations assembly in Apia, Samoa, on Friday, elected Botchwey because the seventh Secretary-Common.
The 61-year-old former lawmaker, who has served as Ghana’s overseas minister for the final seven years, is anticipated to imagine workplace on April 1, 2025.
Botchwey is the second African to be elected secretary-general of the Commonwealth in its 75-year historical past, after Chief Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, who served in that place from July 1, 1990, to March 31, 2000.
In a press release on Saturday by his Particular Adviser on Data and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, the President stated she had the backing of Nigeria for the highest commonwealth job.
Tinubu stated he believes that Botchwey’s intensive profession in public administration, overseas affairs and regional growth makes her an ideal match for the job.
“He trusts that Botchwey’s management expertise will carry renewed vitality to the Commonwealth’s efforts to advance significant financial and political partnerships that drive growth and amplify the bloc’s voice in international affairs.
“President Tinubu seems ahead to working with the incoming Secretary-Common to advance the Commonwealth’s imaginative and prescient of fostering peace, fairness and prosperity for all member nations.
“The President reaffirms Nigeria’s dedication to championing a Commonwealth that prioritises strengthening intra-commonwealth commerce, African exports, and a unified presence on the United Nations that helps an African bid for a everlasting illustration on the Safety Council.
“The President thanks the outgoing Commonwealth Secretary-Common, Baroness Patricia Scotland, for her years of management and needs her one of the best in her future endeavours,” the assertion added.
