A former Minister of Interior, Bola Akinyemi, has said that Nigeria should not have accepted the partner membership granted to it by the multinational bloc, BRICS.
Akinyemi says Nigeria should have been an original member of the group or granted full membership during its expansion, rather than being designated a partner country.
He says that offering Nigeria partner status instead of full membership by BRICS is a slap in the face of Nigerians.
Recall that on Friday, Brazil announced the formal admission of Nigeria as a partner country of BRICS.