Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated Nigeria’s firm commitment to a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing, stating that the country’s pressing priorities lie in eradicating poverty and tackling climate change — not the pursuit of nuclear weapons.
He made the remarks while receiving the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), Dr. Robert Floyd, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“The outcome of any nuclear conflict is never a win-win situation; it is always the opposite. We are fighting poverty; we are fighting a war against the relationship between the economy and ecology in sub-Saharan Africa. We have no business dabbling in anything that has to do with nuclear weapons,” Shettima declared. (TVC)