Africa: Nigeria Confident of Clinching AU Seat

27 January 2017

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday expressed optimism that Fatima Mohammed, Nigerian/ECOWAS candidate for Commissioner for Peace and Security, African Union Commission would clinch the position.

Mr. Onyeama told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, at the 28th AU Summit in Addis Ababa that given that Nigeria's priority was peace and security, it had a better chance of securing the seat.

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