Yusuf Tuggar, minister of interior, 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.
“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.
“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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