Buhari's minister to vacate office in March
The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, will stop being a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet on March 2.
She will be heading to New York where she will take up her new job as the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.
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According to her, she will stop being a minister once she is sworn in at the UN in March.
Mohammed was appointed a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2015.
Before her appointment as minister, she served as Special Adviser on the Millennium Development goals.
In December 2016, she was got a new appointment as the deputy secretary general of international agency.
During her tenure as minister, Mohammed championed the Ogoni clean-up exercise.
Meanwhile, Mohammed has pledged to work to enhance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals as she takes on her new role at the United Nations headquarters.
Speaking during a congratulatory programme organised for her in Lagos, she said she would formulate policies that will create a better economy out of growing back the trees.
Some of the areas attendees asked her to impact on were women empowerment, child right development, poverty alleviation and gender parity.