I hope this Sudanese crisis has brought it home to Tinubu that Nigeria has a very weak foreign policy and he needs to make this a top priority

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Mali is currently being ruled by a military junta

[2] Chad is currently being ruled by a military junta

[3] Guinea has recently followed suit with the army in power

[4] Unless we want Western nations coming into our backyard to tell us how to live, Nigeria needs to get her act together fast

[5] I sometimes wonder if Nigeria has any foreign policy at all because if she did, it would include immediate regional intervention in any African country where there is a military coup

[6] Do you also know that 16 of Africa’s 55 countries are landlocked? For me, it is a crime against humanity for a nation to be landlocked and Nigeria’s foreign policy should include eliminating this scourge across Africa

[7] Only a dishonest person will argue that it is acceptable for 16 of the world’s 44 landlocked countries to be in Africa. Maybe we should start by getting Ethiopia and Djibouti to negotiate a merger. Djibouti is not sustainable as a nation state and at the moment, it serves as Ethiopia’s Apapa anyway

[8] In West Africa, I see Nigeria merging with Benin Republic, Niger Republic and Cameroon to form the Federal Republic of Songhai. Just imagine what a giant would achieve. I covet Niger Republic’s Sahara Desert landmass, which I want to turn into the world’s largest solar park. Their uranium deposits would also come in handy

[9] I think that as soon as he assumes office, Tinubu should call an African Union emergency summit. At this meeting, he should push for sending troops into Sudan. Remember most of the AK47s in Nigeria came from Libya when the Gaddafi regime fell and there was a power vacuum

[10] One of the reasons why I hate the secession argument with every muscle in my body is because it is myopic. Those who advocate the balkanisation of Nigeria fail to realise that small nations get dictated to. Most African nations do what Nigeria tells them to do. I would hate to live in such a country where I am at the mercy of my large neighbour