THE NATION
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has reiterated the country’s demand for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), emphasizing Nigeria’s suitability to represent Africa on the global stage.
According to a statement by the minister’s media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir, Tuggar made the remarks during a panel discussion titled “Africa’s Momentum” at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Sweden, on January 21, 2025.
The minister expressed concern over Africa’s exclusion from the Security Council, noting that approximately 60 percent of the council’s resolutions pertain to issues affecting the continent.
“Yet, Africa has no permanent seat in the UN Security Council,” Tuggar lamented.
He also criticized policies such as the Deforestation Law, which bans the purchase of produce from deforested African lands while overlooking the role of technology companies that manufacture machinery used for deforestation on the continent.
“He further disclosed that Nigeria’s global outlook under President Bola Tinubu’s administration is premised on the accentuation of Nigeria’s strategic autonomy and nonalignment principle in its relations with the rest of the world…
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