The Tinubu administration of Nigeria intends to allay fears that the Samoa Agreement it signed acknowledged LGBT rights by making its terms public. When asked about the lack of LGBT rights recognition in the agreement, Nigeria's Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, reportedly told a press conference that it did not contain any such provisions.
According to him, "this is a broad agreement" if you obtain a copy of it. Questions of education, food security, water and sanitation, decent employment, demography, youth, culture, sustainable development, inclusive economic growth, private sector development, human rights, democracy, rule of law, good administration, public data, peace, and security are all interconnected.
He went on to say that the federal government's Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) initiative was receiving "about $600 million worth of projects." In June 2024, Nigeria and the European Union inked the Samoa Agreement. It touches on many different possible areas of collaboration, such as human rights, education, food security, and many more. Around 200 separate areas of potential cooperation are included in the MoU, as Bagudu explained.
The controversy has prompted Bagudu to announce that Nigeria will release a statement explaining its signing of the Samoa Agreement. Especially with reference to the LGBT problem, this is to avoid any misunderstanding. The federal government of Nigeria has made it clear that it will not participate in any international agreement that goes against the country's religious principles, cultural standards, or constitution.