The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking the African Union’s, AU, support for the candidature of Shola Taylor, for the post of the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union, ITU.
The ITU elections will hold during the plenipotentiary conference of the union in Busan, South Korea scheduled for between October and November.
The Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Aminu Wali, who is expected in Malabo later on Tuesday for the 25th Ordinary Session of the AU, will seek the endorsement of Mr. Taylor.
Already, Nigerian diplomats attending the AU summit have stepped up campaign to get the support of African countries for their candidate.
Nigeria is contesting for the post alongside candidates from Canada, Egypt, Mauritania, Poland, Tunisia and the UK.
An official of the ministry who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Nigeria has already secured the ECOWAS endorsement for Mr. Taylor and was campaigning very strongly to obtain AU’s endorsement.
On the margins of the AU summit in Malabo, foreign ministers of the 15-member states of the AU ministerial candidature committee are expected to select one candidate from among the three African contenders as the AU candidate for the post.
The contest is between Nigeria, Mauritania and Tunisia with the exception of Egypt, which is currently suspended from AU.
Members of the committee are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritius, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.
Mr. Taylor, 58, is a leading authority on telecommunications in Africa and has over 30 years of postgraduate experience in international telecommunications.
The Nigerian has extensive experience in radio communication matters, having worked at Intelsat, Washington DC U.S.; ITU, Geneva, Switzerland; Inmarsat, London U.K.; and the Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. (NITEL).
He has also served as a former Chairman of the ITU Radio Regulations Board.
(NAN)
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