Newsletter: Amina Mohammed, Malala Yousafzai, ICAO Chief, Club de Madrid, visit Acting President

Acting President Osinbajo received courtesy visits from the Club de Madrid(delegation included two former African Presidents: Festus Mogae of Botswana & Cassa Muttem of Mauritus); the President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Nigerian Dr. O.B Aliu; Nobel Laureate and UN Messenger of Peace, Ms. Malala Yousafzai, and her team at the Malala Fund; and the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Mrs Amina Mohammed.

Highlights:

The Club de Madrid, whose membership includes former President Olusegun Obasanjo, presented to the Acting President a report of a workshop it conducted in Nigeria earlier this year, on “Preventing Violent Extremism in Nigeria: Effective Narratives and Messaging.”
More on the Club de Madrid’s Preventing Violent Extremism project here

QUOTE: Acting President Osinbajo during the Malala Visit: “Getting people to enroll in school is the easier part of the problem. The bigger one is to ensure that we don’t promote the mindset that girls are in anyway inferior.

Nigeria will host the International World Aviation Forum in Abuja in November 2017

DSG Amina Mohammed spoke to the Presidency Office of Digital Engagement after her meeting with the Acting President. Watch video here

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