G20: Nigeria Ready To Play Vital Role – Tinubu

Kazeem Badmus

President Bola Tinubu has expressed Nigeria’s commitment to play a major role in the G20 and contribute to shaping a more equitable world.

The President said this while addressing world leaders at the 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit on Saturday in New Delhi, India.

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the G20 has officially included the African Union (AU) into its fold.

World leaders at the G20 summit in New-Delhi, on Saturday

President Tinubu and Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at the summit

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu advocated for global unity and cooperation in tackling pressing challenges, fostering inclusiveness, and establishing a fairer world order.

Tinubu while acknowledging the vital role of the G20 in shaping a rules-based world order that promotes shared prosperity and security, emphasized that most of today’s pressing issues are international and cannot be addressed without multilateral cooperation.

The statement read, “Therefore, stronger collaboration, cooperation, and partnerships among diverse regions are the pathways to a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future for our world.

“This is why the role and contributions of the G20 in shaping a new world order that is fair and rules-based can not be over-emphasized. A world that lives as one family, but is divided by staggering income inequalities and uneven access to basic social goods by the vast majority of our people cannot result in a peaceful and secure world where shared prosperity is achieved.

“I hasten to add that such rules and global governance structures of our collective dreams must be collectively designed, collectively owned, and collectively managed. This is consistent with the true spirit of One Family, mutual respect, and sustainable development.

“Nigeria is poised, able and willing to be a major player in this family of the G-20 and in shaping a new world, without whom, the family will remain incomplete.”

Tinubu welcomed the decision to include AU in G20, saying it “opens opportunities for future membership of the group in a manner that reflects the relative balance of power and inclusiveness of humanity as One Family.”