United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said she plans to return to Nigeria after completing her tenure at the United Nations, adding that running for political office does not interest her.
Amina Mohammed made the remarks in an exclusive interview with ARISE News on Monday, when asked about her plans after leaving the UN and whether she would consider returning to public service or seeking political office.
Asked if running for political office was something that interested her, Mohammed said: “No, it doesn’t.”
She said her decade at the United Nations had given her networks and visibility that she hopes to use in contributing to Nigeria and the wider African continent.
“I’m coming home, and I’m very happy to do that. Ten years here, I think, has been a privilege. It has created networks, it has created a visibility for women and for my country and for the continent, and I want to use that to go back home, both to Nigeria, and Nigeria is a pretty big country, and it’s a leader in Africa, and so to say that Africa, Nigeria is where I sit, but Africa is my oyster, and I’d like to think that that’s what I could go back and contribute to it.”
Mohammed said her return home would not necessarily be easy but maintained that it was the right step for her.
“It’s never easy, but it is the right thing to do. And so, yes, that’s what I hope I do.”
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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