Nigeria Wants to Be Part of BRICS Bloc in Two Years, Join G-20
- Africa’s most populous nation seeking to assert its leadership
- Plans to keep pressure on Niger to return to democratic rule
BRICS is a grouping of the emerging market powers Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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Nigeria will seek to become a member of the BRICS group of nations within the next two years as part of a new foreign policy push to have its voice heard in important global organizations.
The West African nation will join every group that is open as long as the intentions are good, well-meaning and clearly defined, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar said in an interview. “Nigeria has come of age to decide for itself who her partners should be and where they should be, being multiple aligned is in our best interest,” Tuggar said.