The brief essay below was a commentary in response to the following article by Nairametrics.
Foreign policy is a necessary part of the Presidency, so I understand the occasional need. However, many African Heads of State and here President Tinubu included, have the bad habit of spending more time traveling abroad than vigorously visiting the different parts of their own countries, their regions, and Africa.
And we wonder why relations between African countries are often so strained, why they can hardly work together like harmonious siblings, and why they struggle to internally resolve geopolitical crisis without consulting Western powers. A Congo lawmaker pitching a mineral-for-security deal with the US to help them against their African brother, then they (DRC & Rwanda) fly to Qatar who has to play referee between them. So much personal humiliation for the collectively poor state of African leadership.
There are always exceptions to the rule, and we understand the need for foreign engagement. But what the African people are calling for now is visionary leaders who prioritize unifying the people of their country, then region, then Africa… in a shared vision for progress that aligns with the words of The Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah when he said, “Africa Must Unite!”
I call to my people: Where are the Lions of Africa?
~Dr. Ikenna A. Ezealah, Ph.D., MBA
Builder of the African Future
…i.e., Dr. Juris-Diplomat
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