President Tinubu names Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria's envoy to the UN

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Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appointed Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR, as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

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Senator Ibrahim, a doctorate graduate of the University of Cambridge, obtained his Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Science from the University of Oxford.

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He was born in Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, in 1967. Until his appointment, Ibrahim was the Chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Worldwide.

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He was elected into the Nigerian Senate in 2023, representing Ondo South Senatorial District.

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While in the Senate, Dr. Ibrahim was appointed as Interim President of the United Nations Inter-Parliamentary in Geneva in 2023.

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He served as Nigeria’s Representative in ECOWAS and also as an Executive Member of the Pan-African Parliament.

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At the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Ibrahim served in the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Finance, Gas, Education, NDDC, Capital Market, Diaspora and NGOs, Trade and Investment, Housing, and Niger Delta.

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Among the bills initiated and sponsored by Senator Ibrahim include the Bill on Bitumen, Federal Medical Centre Igbotako, Insurance (Amendment) Act, and Nigeria Data Bank.

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They were all passed by the Nigerian Senate.

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Dr. Ibrahim also popularly adopted motions passed on the floor of the Senate, including the extension of Federal Government road construction from Ore to Igbokoda, National Security Summit, among others.

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The President of the United Nations Inter-Parliamentary has extended a congratulatory message to the Nigerian Senate and its President,Senator Godswill Akpabio, on the appointment of Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

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In the message, he described Dr. Ibrahim’s appointment as a booster to Africa’s voice.

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Ibrahim is a 1990 Law class graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.

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