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Aminu Mohammed appointed as UN deputy secretary-general for second term
By Modupe Shodeinde
The United Nations (UN), Secretary General, António Guterres, has asked Amina Mohammed to serve as deputy secretary-general for a second term.
Guterres was re-appointed as the secretary-general of the UN for a second term by the general assembly, on Friday.
His second term starts on January 1, 2022, and will run for a period of five years.
Speaking with journalists after taking the oath of office for a second term, Guterres said he had extended an offer to Mohammed to continue in office, TheCable reports.
“After being elected, I have the pleasure to invite the deputy secretary-general to remain in my second mandate and I hope she will accept,” he said.
Mohammed, who was standing behind Guterres at the press briefing, responded with the comment “absolute honour”.
Mohammed was Nigeria’s minister of environment under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, before her appointment as the deputy secretary-general of the UN in 2017.
