UNESCO appoints Okojie member of international advisory committee
By Kanayo Umeh, Abuja
26 June 2015 |
3:44 am
THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has appointed the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria, Dr. Victoria Okojie, as a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme. The appointment was conveyed to Dr. Okojie via an e-mail dated June 22, 2015 and…
THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has appointed the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria, Dr. Victoria Okojie, as a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme.
The appointment was conveyed to Dr. Okojie via an e-mail dated June 22, 2015 and signed by Iskra Panevska of the UNESCO Memory of the World Knowledge Societies Division, Communications and Information Sector.
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