The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed Nigeria’s position towards benefiting from various sectors of global economy during the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Amb. Bolaji Akinremi, Director of Reform and Foreign Service Innovation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
ThemomentNG reports that Nigeria is participating as a member of the African Union and the event would be hosted for the first time in Africa.
Akinremi said that the G20 agenda would impact positively on the socioeconomic, cultural, and humanitarian development of the African continent.
“The Johannesburg G20 Summit will be the first of its kind to be held on the African soil, and that has great significance for us as Africans.
“Our expectation is that it is going to be very successful and that it is going to bring lots of hopes and fulfilment to Africa.
“Nigeria gained entrance and recognition at the same time with the AU into G20 in New Delhi, and since then, they have been members of the G20.
“Nigeria deserves and desires to be a member on its own, not just a guest country or on the platform of the AU, being the largest economy in Africa. So, we want to see how that works out in the coming years.”
He said that a pre-summit meeting would be held in Abuja to take a stand on what Nigeria is taking to the table at the G20 meeting, which include burden of debts across Africa, climate change and financing.
“Nigeria will be very strong on thi. Wee must ensure we take advantage of it. Other G20 countries are also going to come up with different programmes that is going to bring us meaningful development.
“We expect our involvement in G20 will become stronger and more focused, to identify areas we can champion, in terms of collaboration with other countries,” he added.
