Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says the call by President Bola Tinubu for the “democratisation” of the United Nations (UN) security council “is gaining steam”.
Tuggar appeared on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, and spoke about Nigeria’s outing at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The minister said the current set up of the security council does not favour Nigeria and the global south at large.
“Just as President Tinubu initiated last year, one of the major goals was the reform of the global governance structures, and I’m happy to inform that several countries have joined the bandwagon,” he said.
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“This is the thing that President Tinubu spoke to last year and it became a recurring theme this year, in fact, it got to a point where the first speaker, president of Brazil, Lula, addressed it almost right away so, when we talk about global governance, we are talking about UN security council where decisions that affect the entire planet are made.
“We want to see that body democratised to see more representation. This is something that President Tinubu has been advocating for and that is something that Vice-President Kashim Shettima who led the delegation echoed And it is gaining a lot of steam.
“The US has also learnt its voice to the need of reforming the UN security council.
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“This is a major achievement.”
The minister said more African countries should be part of the council because 60 percent of its resolutions have to do with the African continent.
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