Tinubu: Nigeria ready to play vital role in G20

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the opening of the G20 summit in India, said without Nigeria, the G-20 bloc is incomplete, adding that the African giant nation is considering joining the league of the world’s most industrialised nations.

Tinubu, while addressing leaders of the bloc on Saturday in India, said the country will play a vital role among the countries in shaping a “more equitable world” while adding that the challenges confronting the world cannot be addressed without multilateral cooperation.

“Stronger collaboration, cooperation, and partnerships among diverse regions are the pathways to a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future for our world,” Anjuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, quoted him as saying.

Tinubu said the G-20 has a crucial role in shaping a new world order that is fair and rules-based.

He added that a world divided by “staggering income inequalities and uneven access to basic social goods” by the majority cannot result in a peaceful and secure world.

Tinubu also said in the true spirit of mutual respect and sustainable development, rules and global governance structures touching on “collective dreams” must be collectively designed, owned, and managed.

“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,” he said.