The Office of the President has denied speculation that Nigeria lost the election for a seat on the United Nations General Assembly’s Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term.
On October 9, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly elected 18 members of the Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term.
The members elected to the Council are Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Iceland, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Mexico, North Macedonia, Qatar, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand. . .
Bayo Onanuga, Special Assistant to the President on Information and Strategy, said in a statement on Sunday that the candidates supported by the African regional group are Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia, securing all five seats available. He said he succeeded in doing so.
A presidential aide said, “In the African Regional Group, we fielded as many candidates as there were seats available, so there was no competition.”
Mr. Onanuga said that contrary to the information circulating, “Nigeria was not slighted in this election as some media reports have falsely claimed.” This country did not stand in this election, just as it did not stand in the 2023 election, which was sensationally reported to be.
“The same lies have been rehashed in a false report that has been circulated.Again, Nigeria did not vote in the elections held on October 9th. Whatever the vote was, it must have been mistakenly cast by secret ballot by some countries who thought Nigeria was on the ballot.” He said countries competing for the position usually have regional support.
Onanuga revealed that the regional bloc supports ECOWAS members Benin and Gambia for a term of office from 2025 to 2027.
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