BREAKING: SENATE PRESIDENT AKPABIO ELECTED INTO GLOBAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION

PRESS RELEASE

29/10/23

SHINA JO

Nigeria ‘s Senate President and Leader of Nigeria’s delegation to the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union General Assembly in Angola,God’s will Akpabio has been elected into the Executive Committee of the global parliamentary body.

The is coming after the position was last Occupied by a Nigerian in 1964.The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is a global organization of National Parliaments founded in 1889, and dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue.

The IPU facilitates parliamentary diplomacy and empowers Parliaments and Parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development around the World.

According to a statement by the Special Assistant (Media/Communication) to the Senate President, Anietie Ekong , Senator Akpabio, was overwhelmingly voted for by delegates across the world to emerge as an Executive Committee member of the Parliamentary Union with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland for a three year mandate

The 147th IPU Assembly was held in Luanda, Angola, from 21st to 27th October 2023 and hosted by the National Assembly of Angola.

The Union in the week long Assembly deliberated upon important issues affecting Nations across the World and considered actions to strengthen trust between people and governance structures, to make public institutions more effective, accountable representative and to better equip parliaments to address the multiple interconnected geo-political, economic and environmental crises facing the World.