After months of canvassing for Nigeria’s inclusion in the United Nations Security Council, the country, Thursday, finally got
elected to occupy one of the non-permanent seats on the council. Also elected were Chad, Chile, Lithuania and Saudi Arabia.
According to the Washington Post, Saudi Arabia and Chad easily won the seats.
Nigerian and four other candidates, endorsed by regional groups, faced no opposition, as there were no contested races for the first time in several years.
The five countries elected yesterday will assume their posts on January 1, 2014 and serve through the end of 2015. They will
replace Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo.
Hailing Nigeria’s inclusion as a Security Council member, President Goodluck Jonathan welcomed the development and conveyed Nigeria’s appreciation of the support of all member countries of the UN who voted for the country’s election
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