Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has emerged president of the 74th UN General Assembly.
Muhammad-Bande, the sole candidate for the position, was elected through acclamation at the 87th plenary of the Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
He is the second Nigerian to hold the office after the late army officer and diplomat, Gen. Joseph Nanven Garba, who led the UNGA between 1989 and 1990.
Muhammad-Bande will be inaugurated in September.
