Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, was elected to the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Executive Committee on Friday.
The election of Akpabio comes 59 years since a Nigerian was voted to the body in 1964.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, formed in 1889, is a global organisation of national parliaments devoted to fostering peace via parliamentary diplomacy and debate.
Over its 135-year history, it has evolved into a genuinely worldwide organisation with 179 countries members.
The IPU fosters parliamentary diplomacy and enables parliaments and parliamentarians across the world to promote peace, democracy, and sustainable development.
“Senator Akpabio, was overwhelmingly voted for by delegates across the world to emerge as an Executive Committee member of the parliamentary union with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland for a three-year mandate,” according to Anietie Ekong, the Senate President’s Special Assistant (Media/Communication).
The National Assembly of Angola served as the host organisation for the 147th IPU Assembly, which took place in Luanda, Angola, from October 21 to October 27, 2023.
“The union, in the week-long Assembly, deliberated upon important issues affecting nations across the world and considered actions to strengthen trust between people and governance structures, to make public institutions more effective, accountable and representative and to better equip parliaments to address the multiple interconnected geopolitical, economic and environmental crises facing the world,” the statement added.
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