President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has described his election into the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as an enormous opportunity for Nigeria.
Speaking to newsmen on arrival from the summit, which was held in the Angolan capital, Luanda, Akpabio said his election would impact positively the country through the creation of employment and developmental opportunities for young Nigerians, who are seeking to become diplomats.
“A lot of employment opportunities would be created, a lot of offices would be opened; sub-national offices would be opened and a lot of young Nigerians who wish to be diplomats will have the opportunity of working there.
This will also attract foreign direct investments in the area of training and retraining and capacity building, not just for legislature but for people who are in different fields. The benefits are enormous, so we thank God for it,” he stated.
Akpabio pointed out that his election was a major political victory for the country as Nigeria had been missing at the decision-making table of the union for the past 59 years.
He said; “On the issues of the IPU, we went there and the delegation realized that Nigeria had not been at the table. Like the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives said, it was a joint delegation of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and he was the first to point out that. And when we looked at the decision makers of the IPU, we realised that the highest organ is the Executive Committee and Nigeria was last seen there in 1964.
Akpabio was elected by delegates across the world to emerge an executive committee member of the global parliamentary union for a three-year mandate.
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