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Title: Vice President Sambo in Ulaambaatar for the Conference of Community of Democracies.
Post by: FMINigeria on Apr 29, 2013, 11:31 AM
(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/vpmongolia-300x192.jpg)                        Vice president Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo was at Ulaambaatar for the VII meeting of the Community of Democracies (CoD).

Arc  Namadi Sambo represented President Goodluck Jonathan on the  Global Conference on Democracy which was scheduled to hold between the 27th and 29th April, 2013.  The Vice President will engage stakeholders on Nigeria's democratic gains and her leading role in the democratic transition in Africa.

Nigerian is a member of the Governing Council of Member States.  Member states of the CoD have elected Nigeria as the incoming President of the Council for the period 2015-2017.  Earlier this month, Nigerian government has organised a two-day national workshop on the theme, "Strengthening Democratic Transition and Institutions" which it hopes to adopt as the theme of her presidency of the Governing Council.

The Governing Council is the nucleus of the CoD.  Through its initiatives, activities were nurtured to support democratic processes in individual countries.   Other member States are Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Finland, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Republic Of Korea, Sweden, United States and Uruguay.

The Ministerial Conference held in Ulaanbaatar is the seventh.  The Conference holds every two years to review the organization's activities at supporting democratic processes in individual countries.  The conference was first convened at Warsaw in 2000 where the Final Declaration towards the Community of Democracies was signed.

The vice president who was accompanied by his wife Amina Namadi Sambo and the Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo and were received by the Vice Minister, Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, D Gankhuyaf; Nigeria's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Viola Onwuliri; Nigerian ambassador to China, Amb. Aminu Wali and Nigeria's Ambassador to Poland, Amb. Samuel Wodi Jimba on their arrival at the Chinggis Khan airport Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Via: Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria
Title: Re: Vice President Sambo in Ulaambaatar for the Conference of Community of Democracies.
Post by: Folami David on Apr 29, 2013, 06:04 PM
He has not done enough for this country ever since he assumed the Vice President post in this country. He has to do so