NIGERIA CLARIFIES REPORTS OF LOSING OUT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

The presidency has denied reports that Nigeria lost out in the recent United Nations Human Rights Council elections.

Explaining the controversies surrounding the recent elections, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, said the country did not stand as a candidate for this cycle of elections.

ONANUGA  revealed that the United Nations General Assembly elected 18 members to the Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term, stressing that the election conducted via secret ballot, determined which nations would fill three-year terms beginning on January 1, 2025, replacing members whose terms will expire on December 31, 2024.

Explaining further, he said the members elected to the council were Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Iceland, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Mexico, North Macedonia, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand.

He therefore advised Nigerians not to be quick to mock their country, especially on international matters.