Nigeria was honoured in New York in September 2011 with invitation to become a member of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies, an inter-govenmental organisation with headquaters in Polan. Election of Nigeria into International Organisations, includes: Nigeria’s election to the Executive Board of UNESCO in Paris in November 2011, for a term of 4 years; to the Governing Board of UNEP in November 2011, to the ECOSOC on 24 October 2011, Honourable Minister of Justice to international Law Commission in November 2011; Dr. Chile Osuji to international Criminal Court (ICC) in November 2011 etc.

Under the BNC with the US, America investors are to invest massively in Nigeria’s energy sector; United State is training ex-Niger Delta militants in skills acquisition and vocational trade; and also assisting with environmental rehabilitation in the Delta. She is
popular for her insistence that Foreign Embassies in Nigeria treat our citizens with respect.

Current roles and interests:

Professor Viola Onwuliri is the Foreign Affairs Minister of State 1 in Nigeria. She is the elected Representative for Africa on the Governing Council of the International Aids Society (IAS) for the control and elimination of HIV/AIDS, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The first Nigerian and the first African female to be elected into this position.

Previous roles/appointments:

Professor Viola Onwuliri was previously a professor of biochemistry at Federal University of Technology Owerri, (FUTO) Nigeria and the President of the FUTO Women Association. She served as deputy Dean for the faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria for seven years. She has acted as Dean of the college of Medicine and Head of the department of biochemistry at the University of Jos. She was selected as Deputy Governor nominee for Imo State, Nigeria during the 2011 elections.


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