Nigeria’ has scored another international win as Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia who was one of the few women nominated has been selected to serve on the UN Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
This disclosure was made by Proffesor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, who is the country’s permanent representative and he made this announcement at a dinner held in New York on Saturday.
Eghobamien-Mshelia was elected in a keenly contested election, held at the UN headquarters, New York, on Thursday. Eghobamien-Mshelia, elected to fill one of the 12 vacant positions, scored 137 out of the 187 votes caste; she would serve for four years, beginning from 2023 to 2026.
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“Today is a day to interact with you as friends who have assisted greatly in seeing that Nigeria’s CEDAW candidate becomes a member of the committee.
“In doing this, we want to assure you that in electing Eghobamien-Mshelia, you have elected a very solid candidate who would work with others to achieve the objectives for which CEDAW was established.
“We are happy that you have elected her not because she is a Nigerian, but because of her expertise. We thank you and assure you that we have a candidate who is formidable,’’ Muhammad-Bande said.
In her remarks, the newly elected Eghobamien-Mshelia had made a vote of thanks to the member states for the confidence reposed in her and for sharing in her vision.
“I have had the privilege to meet many of you during the campaign and the way you cast your votes gave me the assurance that you share in my vision.
“It gave me the assurance that you share in my vision of empowering women economically making sure that their recovery process is engendered and addressing digital technology issues.
“The election also shows that you share in my vision of addressing women livelihood issues and being able to use technology to respond to gender-based violence,’’ she said.