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    Nigeria Did Not Apply To Join BRICS – Shettima

    By Abdullahi Maitama SaniAugust 25, 2023
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    VICE President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria did not apply for membership of BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

    Shettima spoke hours after the economic bloc said it is admitting six new members – Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

    While many wondered why Nigeria did not join the group and some rumoured Nigeria was rejected, Shettima on Friday said the country never applied for ERICS membership.

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    “So far, we have not applied for the membership of BRICS. And it is majorly informed by the fact that my principal President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a true democrat that believes in consensus building,” he told journalists on the sideline of the BRICS Summit which was held in South Africa.

    “There are so many variables that need to be taken into cognizance. We have to evaluate so many tendencies and issues that require engagements with the economic advisory council, the Federal Executive Council, and even the National Assembly before an informed decision towards joining the BRICS would be taken.”

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    Shettima, who has been representing Nigeria at the summit, also has a word for Nigerians in South Africa.

    He is calling on them to be law-abiding and to respect the host citizens wherever they live.

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    The newly admitted countries would become full members from January 1.

    “This membership expansion is historic,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose nation is the most powerful in the group of large and populous non-Western economies.

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    “The expansion is also a new starting point for BRICS cooperation. It will bring new vigour to the BRICS cooperation mechanism and further strengthen the force for world peace and development”.

    Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hailed what he called “a great moment” for his country, the second-most populous in Africa.

    In Iran, senior presidential advisor Mohammad Jamshidi described the move as a “historic development and a strategic success” for Tehran’s foreign policy.

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    Egypt and the UAE also broadcast their readiness to work with the loosely defined group that represents billions of people on four continents and a quarter of the world’s wealth.

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