Nigeria has been elected Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly [2017].
Nigeria, represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was elected by acclamation to represent Africa, alongside Cape Verde, at the 22nd General Assembly of the UN body, which opened in Chengdu, China. China was elected President of the Assembly.
Nigeria’s election followed the country’s unopposed nomination by the UNWTO Commission on Africa (CAF), which met a day earlier.
In receiving the honour, the Minister said:
”To be called upon to serve as a Vice President of the General Assembly of the UNWTO is a very big honour to Nigeria.
It has proven one thing, that in the last two years, we have succeeded in pushing tourism and the Creative Industry as a whole from the back burner to the front burner. From a side issue to the main issue. This has also been noticed by the global community and I feel highly gratified by it.”
