Receiving 114 votes of the 13 available seats for Africa, Nigeria is placed at the 11th position ahead of Tunisia and Burkina Faso.
Elections were also concluded for all top five management positions at the ITU as follows:
Mr. Houlin Zhao of China was re-elected to the post of ITU Secretary-General.
Mr. Malcolm Johnson of the United Kingdom was re-elected to the post of ITU Deputy Secretary-General.
Dr. Chaesub Lee of Republic of Korea was re-elected to the post of Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB).
Mr. Mario Maniewicz of Uruguay was elected to the post of Director of ITU’s Radio Communication Bureau (BR).
Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States was elected to the post of Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT).
In all there were a total of 48 Councils Member seats with Africa and Asia pulling the highest number of seats at 13
