United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said she plans to return to Nigeria after completing her tenure at the United Nations, adding that running for political office does not interest her.
Mohammed made the remarks in an exclusive interview with ARISE News on Monday, when asked about her plans after leaving the UN and whether she would consider returning to public service or seeking political office.
Asked directly if political office interested her, she said: “No, it doesn’t.”
She said her decade at the UN, an intergovernmental organisation of 193 member states that coordinates international cooperation on peace, security and development, had given her networks and visibility she hopes to use in contributing to Nigeria and the wider African continent.
Mohammed Says Africa Is Her “Oyster” After UN Tenure
“I’m coming home, and I’m very happy to do that. Ten years here, I think, has been a privilege. It has created networks, it has created a visibility for women and for my country and for the continent, and I want to use that to go back home, both to Nigeria, and Nigeria is a pretty big country, and it’s a leader in Africa, and so to say that Africa, Nigeria is where I sit, but Africa is my oyster, and I’d like to think that that’s what I could go back and contribute to it,” Mohammed said.
She described her return home as a deliberate step to redirect her international experience toward the continent rather than a retreat from public engagement.
Mohammed acknowledged that her return home would not necessarily be straightforward but maintained it was the right step for her to take.
“It’s never easy, but it is the right thing to do. And so, yes, that’s what I hope I do,” she said, closing an interview that offered a rare, direct account of her post-UN plans from one of the most senior Nigerians to have served at the organisation.
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