Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- The Nigerian government has said a two-state solution is the most dignified path to ensure lasting peace between Palestine and Israel.

The country now joins the long list of countries calling for a two-state solution to end the war in Gaza and the recognition of an independent Palestinian state - a solution that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vehemently kicked against.

While delivering an address to World leaders at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Nigeria's vice president, Kashim Shettima, said Palestinians must be granted equal freedom and dignity as granted to citizens of every other state

"They are human beings, equal in worth, entitled to the same freedoms...