W. Alade Fawole, a professor of International Relations, is a former Dean, Faculty of Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. He speaks with BOLA BAMIGBOLA on how African countries especially Nigeria can enjoy maximum cooperation of the United States’ new President, Joe BidenFirstly, I think this will be the beginning of a better, perhaps more robust mutual relationship between the United States of America and Nigeria.
So, if we look at it from that perspective alone, we will be able to discover that things will be done better. But that will still depend on circumstances and issues between the two countries. However, there is going to be a mutual respect between the two leaders. That will be very obvious because Biden is not an acrimonious personality.Joe Biden or any American elected as President is elected to pursue, defend and advance the interest of the United States first and foremost.
Relationship with countries like Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya that are facing insurgencies will be different from Angola that does not face such a thing. So, we cannot pigeon-hole American policy and say this is precisely what is going to be for Africa.Relationship with Nigeria for example will be taken on strategically important issues. Nigeria is the largest concentration of black people all over the world. That is a consideration for American policy.
He pulled out of the Climate Change Accord which was negotiated and signed by 192 countries in the world. He claimed that all these were scientific hoax and Chinese hoax. You see, that is not what Biden is going to do. I would think not in the sense that though Democrat has pushed the issue of LGBTA and other gender issues across the globe. I don’t think that Biden will push it very hard in the sense that Obama tried and it failed. Even in his father’s own country, Kenya, they told him it was in violation of their culture. In other parts of Africa, they said they were not even discussing it because it violates their culture.
The relationships are mutually strategic. If you look at the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria is the most pivotal country. There is nothing anyone can do in the Gulf of Guinea without Nigeria being involved. So, it is not a question of one person’s personal preferences. Country’s interests are mutually determined.
Do you think the US will work well with a Buhari-led FG considering the fact that America has accused FG under Buhari of persecuting and killing Christians?
Lol...why they go allow, black wey dey there sef still dey geh issue, make we come add our own Like telling us coconut is white inside🙄
U dey fear say we want leave u ni?
That is good
THat my Prof, very interesting teacher. He thought me foreign polIcy. It was amazing 😉🙌🏼
Not my problem am leaving nigeria for good
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