Amina J. Mohammed Explained

Amina J. Mohammed
Honorific-Prefix:Her Excellency
Office:5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Term Start:1 January 2017
1Namedata:António Guterres
Predecessor:Jan Eliasson
Office1:Minister of Environment
Term Start1:11 November 2015
Term End1:15 December 2016
President1:Muhammadu Buhari
Predecessor1:Lawrencia Laraba-Mallam
Successor1:Ibrahim Usman Jibril
Birth Name:Amina Jane Mohammed
Birth Date:27 June 1961
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Education:The Buchan School
Alma Mater:Henley Management College
Children:Nadine Ibrahim

Amina Jane Mohammed[1] [2] (born 27 June 1961) is a British Nigerian diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016[3] and was a player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process. She is also Chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

Early life and education

Amina Jane Mohammed was born in Liverpool, England, on 27 June 1961[4] to a Hausa–Fulani Nigerian veterinarian-officer and a British nurse. She is the eldest of five daughters.[5]

Amina J. Mohammed attended a primary school in Kaduna and Maiduguri in Nigeria and The Buchan School on the Isle of Man.[6] She further attended Henley Management College in 1989 but she does not hold a formal bachelor's degree.[7] After she finished her studies her father demanded she return to Nigeria. [5]

Career

Between 1981 and 1991, Amina J. Mohammed worked with Archcon Nigeria, an architectural design firm in association with Norman and Dawbarn United Kingdom.[8] She founded Afri-Projects Consortium in 1991 and served as its Executive Director until 2001.[9] From 2002 until 2005, Amina Mohammed coordinated the Task Force on Gender and Education for the United Nations Millennium Project.[10] Amina later acted as the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2005, she was charged with the coordination of Nigeria's debt relief funds toward the achievement of the MDGs. Her mandate included designing a Virtual Poverty Fund with innovative approaches to poverty reduction, budget coordination and monitoring, as well as providing advice on pertinent issues regarding poverty, public sector reform and sustainable development.[11] Amina Mohammed later became the founder and CEO of the Center for Development Policy Solutions and as an Adjunct Professor for the Master's in Development Practice program at Columbia University. During that time, she served on numerous international advisory boards and panels, including the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda[12] and the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[13] She also chaired the Advisory Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Monitoring Report on Education (GME).[14]

From 2012, Amina Mohammed was a key player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process, serving as the Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 development planning.[15] [16] In this role, she acted as the link between the Secretary-General, his High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP), and the General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG), among other stakeholders.[17] From 2014, she also served on the Secretary-General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[18]

Minister of the Environment (2015–2017)

Amina J. Mohammed served as Federal Minister of the Environment in the First Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari from November 2015 to February 2017.[19] During that time, she was Nigeria's representative in the African Union (AU) Reform Steering Committee, chaired by Paul Kagame.[20] She resigned from the Nigerian Federal Executive Council on 24 February 2017.[21]

In 2017, Amina Mohammed was accused by an advocacy group of granting illegal permits to Chinese firms to import endangered Nigerian timber during her term as Nigeria's environment minister.[22] [23] [24] The Nigerian government has denied the claims.[25]

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (2017–present)

In January 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced his intention to appoint Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.[26] In this capacity, she is a member of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG).[27]

Other activities

Recognition

Personal life

Mohammed's daughter, Nadine Ibrahim, is a film director.[38]

The Amina Mohammed Skills Acquisition Centre

The Amina Mohammed Skills Acquisition Centre which is located along the Gombe bye-pass was constructed by the SDGs in partnership with the Government of Gombe in order to honour the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Hajiya Amina Mohammed's contributions to social, political and cultural boundaries. The skills acquisition centre named after her seeks to offer instruments for economic empowerment and also to provide various life-skills trainings for young people in many areas of life.[39]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - Participants. United Nations. 2 May 2017. 30 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 2022-10-02 . FULL LIST: Okonjo-Iweala, Abba Kyari... FG nominates 437 persons for national honours . 2022-10-11 . TheCable . en-US.
  3. News: Oak TV. Amina J. Mohammed resumes at the Federal Ministry of Environment as Minister. 27 February 2017. Oak.tv. 14 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414205950/https://oak.tv/amina-mohammed-resumes-at-the-federal-ministry-of-environment-as-minister/. dead.
  4. Web site: Sustainable Development Solutions Network Amina Mohammed. unsdsn.org. 8 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161215064106/http://unsdsn.org/about-us/people/amina-mohammed/. 15 December 2016. dead.
  5. News: 'Why is she here?': the Nigerian herder's daughter who became UN deputy chief. Mark Seddon. May 26, 2017. The Guardian. United Kingdom. October 18, 2017.
  6. Hester Lacey (December 7, 2017), Amina J Mohammed on Nigeria, leadership and the UN Financial Times.
  7. http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/index.php/2016-04-06-08-40-29/executive/147-federal-ministry-of-environment Federal Ministry of Environment
  8. Web site: Nigeria: MDGs and Amina Az-Zubair's Footprint 24-November-2011 . Allafrica.com . 2011-11-24.
  9. https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sga1349.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
  10. https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sga1349.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
  11. https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sga1349.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
  12. Web site: The Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of eminent persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda United Nations Secretary-General . 2022-05-31 . www.un.org.
  13. Web site: UN Data Revolution . 2022-05-31 . UN Data Revolution . en-US.
  14. https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sga1349.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
  15. https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/sga1349.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
  16. Kaye Wiggins (June 2, 2015), UN sets sights on sustainable development goals Financial Times.
  17. Web site: Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning. ProsperCSIS. 23 July 2014.
  18. http://www.undatarevolution.org/about-ieag/datarev-group-members/ Independent Expert Advisory Group Members
  19. https://www.un.org/sg/en/dsg/index.shtml Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General
  20. https://au.int/en/AUReforms/advisory AU Reforms Advisory Committee
  21. News: Oak Tv. Amina J. Mohammed's emotional speech as she steps down as Nigeria's Environment Minister. 27 February 2017. oak.tv. Oak TV. 13 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200513235254/https://www.oak.tv/amina-j-mohammed/. dead.
  22. News: U.N.'s No. 2, Amina Mohammad, accused in Chinese scam . Japan Times . November 10, 2017 . 30 November 2017 . 27 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180727024349/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/10/world/crime-legal-world/u-n-s-no-2-amina-mohammad-accused-chinese-scam/ . dead .
  23. News: UN's number two accused in Chinese scam to import Nigerian rosewood . November 9, 2017.
  24. News: New Allegations Challenge the Environment Record of Top U.N. Official . November 9, 2017.
  25. News: Rosewood Export: UN's Amina Mohammed did no wrong, Nigerian govt says . November 12, 2017.
  26. https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sga1692.doc.htm Secretary-General Announces Intention to Appoint Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria Deputy Secretary-General
  27. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20200520010339/http://www9.who.int/antimicrobial%2Dresistance/interagency%2Dcoordination%2Dgroup/members/en/ Members of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
  28. https://www.friendsofeurope.org/initiatives/eu-africa-high-level-group/ High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations
  29. http://www.data4sdgs.org/Board Board of Directors
  30. https://genderchampions.com/champions Members
  31. https://www.younggloballeaders.org/people Leadership
  32. https://kellogg.nd.edu/news/amina-mohammed-receive-ford-family-notre-dame-award Amina Mohammed to Receive Ford Family Notre Dame Award
  33. Shelbie Bostedt (November 13, 2017), Diplomat of the Year Honoree Amina J. Mohammed Discusses Future of United Nations Foreign Policy.
  34. News: Deputy Secretary-General of the U.N. Amina J. Mohammed crowned Queen in Niger. Face2FaceAfrica. 8 July 2018. Nduta. Waweru. 19 October 2019.
  35. News: BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?. BBC News. 2018-11-19. 2019-04-20. en-GB.
  36. Web site: Meet the Winner of the 2019 Global Citizen World Leader Prize. Global Citizen. Leah . Rodriguez. 13 December 2019.
  37. Web site: 2022-10-02 . FULL LIST: Okonjo-Iweala, Abba Kyari... FG nominates 437 persons for national honours . 2022-10-11 . TheCable . en-US.
  38. News: Enuma . Okoro . Nadine Ibrahim: I want to tell stories that can change the world . Guardian Woman . Guardian Newspapers . 4 March 2017 . 11 October 2020.
  39. Web site: Online . Tribune . 2021-07-01 . Inuwa inaugurates Amina Mohammed skills acquisition centre in Gombe . 2022-09-26 . Tribune Online . en-GB.

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