Special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga says Nigeria was not snubbed in the 2024 UN Human Rights Council election, as some reports have claimed.
Oanuga said this in a statement titled “Setting the Record Straight”.
He said the country did not stand as a candidate for this cycle of elections, just like it did not stand for election in 2023 when a Nigerian medium reported that the country earned three votes.
According to him, for those conversant with elections into international organisations, especially the Human Rights Council, countries vying for positions usually receive regional endorsements.
He said the regional bloc endorsed Benin and Gambia, both members of ECOWAS, for the 2025-2027 term.
Given Nigeria’s continued leadership in fostering African unity, Onanuga said the nation focused on supporting the endorsed candidates to promote collective African representation.
