The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, was on Friday elected into the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Akpabio’s election is said to come 59 years after a Nigerian was elected into the body in 1964.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is the global organization of national parliaments founded in 1889, and dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue.
It has grown over its 135 years into a truly global organization with 179 country members.
The IPU facilitates parliamentary diplomacy and empowers parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy, and sustainable development around the world.
A statement by the Special Assistant (Media/Communication) to the Senate President, Anietie Ekong, said, “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 October 21 to October 27, 2023, and hosted by the National Assembly of Angola.
The statement added, “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 and representative and to better equip parliaments to address the multiple interconnected geopolitical, economic and environmental crises facing the world.”