{"id":75676,"date":"2025-09-25T08:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75676"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:54:32","slug":"nigeria-seeks-permanent-un-security-council-seat-to-strengthen-peace-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/25\/nigeria-seeks-permanent-un-security-council-seat-to-strengthen-peace-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Seeks Permanent UN Security Council Seat to Strengthen Peace, Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kashim Shettima has renewed Nigeria\u2019s call for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, stressing that global peace, development, and human rights can only be advanced through reforms that reflect current realities.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the general debate of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Shettima lamented Africa\u2019s underrepresentation in global decision-making despite its vast resources. He argued that Nigeria, as the continent\u2019s most populous nation and a regional power, deserves permanent representation.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President also pressed for urgent action on sovereign debt relief, fairer access to trade and financing, and policies that ensure mineral-rich nations benefit directly from their resources. He urged the international community to bridge the digital divide, declaring that artificial intelligence must stand for \u201cAfrica Included.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shettima recalled Nigeria\u2019s journey from a 20-million-strong colony excluded from global governance at the UN\u2019s founding, to a sovereign nation of over 236 million people\u2014projected to become the world\u2019s third most populous country. He backed the Secretary-General\u2019s UN80 reform initiative and the July 18 resolution to streamline UN structures for greater efficiency and effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Describing sovereignty as a \u201ccovenant of shared responsibility,\u201d Shettima called for stronger cooperation against illicit arms flows, terrorism, and non-state actors driving conflict. He noted that Nigeria has contributed to 51 of 60 UN peacekeeping missions since independence, underscoring its commitment to regional security through mechanisms such as the Multinational Joint Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>At home, he said Nigeria continues to confront insurgency with resolve, stressing that while military action can deliver temporary victories, only values and ideas can secure lasting peace across generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; Vice President Kashim Shettima has renewed Nigeria\u2019s call for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, stressing that global peace, development, and human rights can only be advanced through reforms that reflect current realities. Speaking at the general debate of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1756,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75680,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75676\/revisions\/75680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}