I watched a good bit of the Global financing Summit which was Tinubu's first foreign engagement as Nigeria's President. I believe he went there to make a pitch that Nigeria is ready for foreign direct investment and to seek assistance from International Finance Organizations to help the country jumpstart the economy. This is the main reasons he embarked on neck-wringing reforms like subsidy removal and naira floating to align with IMF and Western donors' demands.
However, I noticed that the mood of other African leaders was not on same wavelength with that concept. Ramaphosa seemed to be combative and was more concerned about the need to show Africans and their leaders more respect on the global stage, repeatedly using the words "we are not beggars" in his closing address at the summit. Ruto of Kenya and Kagame of Rwanda were also as combative if not more. They both insisted on the independence of African states from apron strings of Western powers and a need to allow African countries chart their own destinies in realization of their prevailing realities.
So, my question is this. Is Nigeria being left behind the room in terms of what Africa wants from the rest of the world? Or is it that we need to show and take more leadership of the African stage to the rest of the world?
Because it seems other African countries are not in the mood to kowtow to and beg Western countries while our new leader seems to be in a mood just for that with his fence-breaking reforms.

Kukutenla:
I watched a good bit of the Global financing Summit which was Tinubu's first foreign engagement as Nigeria's President. I believe he went there to make a pitch that Nigeria is ready for foreign direct investment and to seek assistance from International Finance Organizations to help the country jumpstart the economy. This is the main reasons he embarked on neck-wringing reforms like subsidy removal and naira floating to align with IMF and Western donors' demands.
However, I noticed that the mood of other African leaders was not on same wavelength with that concept. Ramaphosa seemed to be combative and was more concerned about the need to show Africans and their leaders more respect on the global stage, repeatedly using the words "we are not beggars" in his closing address at the summit. Ruto of Kenya and Kagame of Rwanda were also as combative if not more. They both insisted on the independence of African states from apron strings of Western powers and a need to allow African countries chart their own destinies in realization of their prevailing realities.
So, my question is this. Is Nigeria being left behind the room in terms of what Africa wants from the rest of the world? Or is it that we need to show and take more leadership of the African stage to the rest of the world?
Because it seems other African countries are not in the mood to kowtow to and beg Western countries while our new leader seems to be in a mood just for that with his fence-breaking reforms.

Not true

Tinubu only went there for photoshoot