- Promotion and protection of Nigeria’s national interests;
- Representing and protecting the interests of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigerian citizens, and legal entities abroad;
- Promotion of African integration and support for African unity;
- Promotion of international cooperation for the consolidation of universal peace and mutual respect among nations and elimination of discrimination in all its manifestation;
- Respect for international law and treaty l as seeking settlement of the internal dispute by negotiation, mediation, conciliations, arbitration, and adjudication; and
- Promotion of a just world economic order.
