Nigeria’s Minister of environment, Hajiya Amina Mohammed has finally quit the Federal Executive Council (FEC) as she heads for New York, the United States of America, to assume her new duty as Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations.
At a valedictory session of FEC today, presided over by acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Amina Mohammed could not hold back the tears as her colleagues took turns to eulogize her and her contributions to the nation’s development.
Some of the ministers who spoke described Amina Mohammed as “Nigeria’s gift to the world” and expressed confidence that she would make the country proud in her new job.
The minister lamented that it s too early in the life of Muhammadu Buhari’s government to lose what they called “quality Federal Executive Council” member, adding that she had added much value to the federal executive.
They described her as a role-model and that her appointment as Deputy Secretary General of the UN is a celebration of excellence. [myad]
