Akpabio, Ben Kalu lead delegation to brief Tinubu on Inter-Parliamentary Union outcome

October 29

18:01 2023

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has led a delegation to the Aso Villa to brief President Bola Tinubu about the outcome of the just concluded general assembly of Inter-Parlientary Union (IPU) held in Luanda, Angola.

Akpabio was accompanied by Ben Kalu, deputy speaker of the house of representatives and other lawmakers, on Friday.

On Friday, Akpabio was elected into the executive committee of the IPU after leading Nigeria’s delegation to the 147th general assembly of the union in Luanda, Angola.

The IPU is the global organisation of national parliaments founded in 1889 that is dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue.

The organisation has over 179 countries as members.

In a statement issued by Levinus Nwabughiogu, Kalu’s chief press secretary, Nigeria has now taken her rightful place in the comity of nations.

According to Nwavughiogu, Akpabio said the country’s membership in IPU’s top committee would create job opportunities for Nigerians.

“A lot of employment opportunities will be created and a lot of offices will be opened,” the statement reads.

“Sub-national offices will be opened and a lot of children who wish to be diplomats will have the opportunity of working there and it will also attract foreign direct investment in the area of training and retraining and capacity building not just for the legislators but for people who are in different fields.

“It’s quite a lot actually. The benefits are enormous. We thank God.

“And it is something we should dedicate to the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because it was happening at this time.

“And we were also consulting and briefing him on what was going on and there were very critical decisions we had to make sure that he was involved as the President of the country because that was an international body. You can’t take a wrong step.”

On the recent supreme court judgement, Akpabio congratulated the president and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and urged the opposition to join hands with him in building the nation.