The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adamu Lamuwa, says the role of Nigeria as a big brother in Africa had helped in addressing security challenges in the continent.
Mr Lawamu, represented by the Director, Policy, Research and Statistics, Samson Itegboje, said this at the National Defence College security seminar on Tuesday in Abuja.
The theme of the Seminar is “Nigeria’s Foreign Policy and Transnational Security Changes in West Africa”.
He said Nigeria’s foreign policy objective on Africa was premised on the basis of its big brother status in the continent and its contributions to peace in different countries.
He said that the nation had successfully played such key roles during the Liberia and Sierra Leon conflicts in the 1990s through ECOMOG.
The permanent secretary said the seminar was designed to achieve a firm perspective and X-ray Nigeria’s foreign policy in tandem with the transnational security challenges confronting it.
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