Brazil’s government said on Friday that Nigeria has been accepted as a partner country in the multinational BRICS group.
This adds Africa’s largest economy to the growing alliance of emerging market countries.
Brazil, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the bloc, described Nigeria as having converging interests with other members of the group.
Nigeria becomes the ninth BRICS partner, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
BRICS now represents over half the world’s population and more than 45 per cent…
