- Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, highlighted discussions on agriculture, food security, pharmaceuticals, security, and Artificial Intelligence
On Tuesday, the Federal Government sought United States’ support for its G20 membership and a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
President Bola Tinubu made this request during a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, highlighted discussions on agriculture, food security, pharmaceuticals, security, and Artificial Intelligence.
Tuggar emphasized Nigeria’s role as Africa’s largest economy, arguing for its representation on the UN Security Council, citing the substantial relevance of Africa to UNSC resolutions.
“It is also important to note that President Tinubu brought up the issue of Nigeria’s membership and participation in the G20 as well as the United Nations Security Council,” he said.
Tuggar also disclosed that the bilateral talks included definite decisions on other issues, including the upcoming Nigeria-US binational commission holding between March 11 -13, 2024.
“We’re all aware Nigeria is the most populous nation on the African continent. It has the largest economy and therefore the President will use the 4D Nigeria’s foreign policy agenda of Democracy, Development, diaspora and demography.
“We feel it is necessary and deem it fit for Nigeria to be represented in these decision-making bodies as many as 60 per cent of the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council, in one way or the other, related to Africa, so Africa needs to be represented,” he added.
In September 2022, Tinubu participated in the G-20 summit in New Delhi, India.