Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande has been appointed as the new President of the United Nations General Assembly.
The outgoing president of UNGA María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, announced the appointment at a news conference in Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.
Prof. Bande becomes the second Nigerian to be appointed President of UNGA after Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba who held the position between 1989 and 1990.
He was born in Kebbi State and until his appointment was the permanent representative of Nigeria to UN.
He has M.A in Political Science from the Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1981 and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1987.
He was the Vice-Chancellor Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, which ended from 2004 and 2009.
He served as former director-general of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Plateau State.
He became the Acting Director General of the National Institute from 2010 till March 2016.
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