President Bola Tinubu hqa arrived Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 17th summit of BRICS.
President Tinubu is attending the summit at the invitation of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil.
His invitation is on the strength of Nigeria’s status as a ‘partner country’- a membership category short of full status.
The Partner status is higher than that of a guest country, as has been the case in the past.
South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia are African members of BRICS.
President Tinubu came into Brazil from Saint Lucia where he had been for a five – day official visit.
He is expected back in the country after the BRICS summit.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
