What now, President Tinubu?
At his inauguration on January 6, 2025, the new president of the Republic of Ghana did not only warmly welcome the Burkina Faso strongman, Ibrahim Traore, who stormed the venue in his military fatigues and a side-pistol, but he embraced and called him “My junior brother.”
President Mahama proceeded to give a short but succinct speech on the history of the brotherly people of Ghana and Burkina Faso, whose historical and cultural connectivity was brutally severed by European criminals on colonial expeditions in Africa.
I wrote six articles to lambast the Nigerian president who kowtowed to France’s intrigues and machinations to drive Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger out of ECOWAS. Their ostensible reason was that the military took over power in the three countries. It was never pointed out why an organization set up to promote economic integration in West Africa should dabble in political arrangements in member countries. We were also never told why we should expect an organization that has failed in its primary mission to become competent in one for which it was not designed.
The question for Mr. Tinubu now is what to do when he has lost his fellow imperial lackey, the disgraced and unlamented Akufu-Addo. The new leader of Ghana has not only welcomed Ibrahim Traore but also referred to him and Mr. President. The newly minted Ghanaian president declared, “I will soon be in Burkina Faso.”
Unfortunately for Tinubu, he didn’t choose well in his foreign policy team, as he did in his domestic affairs team, which helped him prosecute his agendas with unNigerian zeal.
Unlike the Headquarters of Pedophiles, which call itself the BBC from that little Island of Iniquities, whose reporters saw only a stir, ordinary Africans enthusiastically welcome a hero.
The fact that a young president in military fatigues stole the limelight and the show at Accra Independence Square should tell African politicians that the people are watching and will support a leader who serves their interests, not curators in foreign capitals.
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