Nigeria has been elected by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to fill a vacant seat at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the economic arm of the world body.
Nigeria will hold the position for a three-year term, beginning from the 1st January, next year.
Out of the member-states of the Council, Nigeria is the only country that got all the votes of the members.
No abstention, no vote against as all the 191 member states in the hall voted for Nigeria.
Other 17 countries to serve with Nigeria are France, Germany, Haiti, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Mauritania, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Senegal, Spain, Suriname, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Zambia
The member states also elected Türkiye in a by-election for a seat vacated by Greece in the Western European and other groups.
Türkiye’s term, billed to start in January next, will run through December 2052.
In that same election, UNGA members voted to fill the ongoing vacancy in the Eastern European Group.
