NIGERIA'S BID FOR THE NON-PERMANENT SEAT OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL BRIGHTENS...

Nigeria’s bid for the non-permanent seat of the United Nations (UN) Security Council has escalated as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, and Nigerian Permanent Representative Mission received assurances from member-states.In the election scheduled to take place later today, the Nigerian delegation to the UN intensified campaigns despite the withdrawal of The Gambia (another African contestant for the council seat), in support of Nigeria’s bid.On why Nigeria took the strategy, Prof. Onwuliri said the country could not afford to be complacent because of its past and current contributions to international peace, security and democracy or owing to withdrawal of The Gambia.The U.N. General Assembly elects five new members to the Security Council, and the winners are virtually certain because there are no contested races between Nigeria, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania and Chile.