Nigeria has currentky joined Brics, now a member of the BRICS nations. On the 5th April 2024 (five months ago) episode of this Column, titled, “BRICS as a platform for economic sustainability”; suggestions were made to encourage Nigeria to see the need to join the BRICS Group as a strategic move to de-risk Nigeria’s economy amongst other benefits.
As it may be, the 2024 Summit which took place, from October 22 to 24, 2024, in Kazan, Russia; was the 16th annual gathering of the group, with a focus on enhancing economic integration with key emerging nations and that the Summit that BRICS officially further expanded its alliance, adding 13 new nations as partner countries, though not as full members. The countries are Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. Accordingly, Nigeria has officially joined the BRICS as a partner country.
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