President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday called for reforms at the United
Nations (UN) to give Africa permanent representation on the security
council.
Speaking at the plenary session on peace and stability during the 9th
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in
Yokohama, Japan, Tinubu argued that Africa deserves two permanent
seats with full privileges.
The President said the continent also deserves additional non-permanent
seats in line with the Ezulwini consensus and Sirte declaration.
He also used the forum to laud the Nigerian armed forces for recent
successes in the fight against insurgency and criminality, describing their
momentum as a “springboard for national development and stability”.
According to Tinubu, military victories alone cannot guarantee lasting
peace without addressing poverty, inequality, and exclusion.
Tinubu called for new approaches to peace-building in Africa, pointing to
peace agreements recently brokered in the Congo as examples of how
mediation linked with economic investment can deliver results.
