BRICS not an exclusive club, but a mechanism for global engagement: Nigerian expert

STORY: BRICS not an exclusive club, but a mechanism for global engagement: Nigerian expert DATELINE: June 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view of BRICS countries 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director of the Center for China Studies in Nigeria STORYLINE: A Nigerian China expert has said BRICS is not an exclusive club for certain countries, but an international mechanism for engagement across the board. SOUNDBITE (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director of the Center for China Studies in Nigeria "From the very first day, BRICS did not assume itself as an exclusive club for certain countries to pursue their own interests. The BRICS framework is a public and international mechanism for engagement across the board. It consolidates its reputation not as a regional bloc, not as an exclusive club, but basically as an inspirer of seamless engagement across the board. It has even brought this into a formal institutional structure by establishing