Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian former Minister of Finance has been appointed into a High Level Group on Governance of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Prof. Ben Maloney, Communications Officer, Commonwealth Secretariat, said in a statement that the High Level Group would make recommendations on governance of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
“At their last Summit in Malta, Commonwealth heads of government directed the Secretary-General to form the Group.
“Today members are discussing the scope of the group’s work and the areas of governance it will examine over the coming months.
“The process is open and the High Level Group reports to the heads.
“The issue of succession of the Head of the Commonwealth is not part of the Group’s mandate,” the statement said.
