Nigeria: Celebrating Amina Mohammed At 60

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Nigeria: Celebrating Amina Mohammed At 60

[Premium Times] Last week, friends and associates of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, gave her a befitting celebration as she turned sixty. The timing was perfect as her boss had just won a second term in office and has offered her the opportunity to continue the journey with him of carrying out the onerous job of the UN in keeping international peace and security while promoting social progress, which is today encapsulated in advancing the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SD

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