Former Minister of Overseas Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, has stated that Nigeria should search to advance financial and army power to advance itself to a place the place no country in Africa will be capable of defeat if there’s a contestation between the 2 international locations.
Prof Akinyemi made this assertion on Monday whereas responding to questions in an interview on ‘Politics Immediately’ a programme on Channels Tv monitored by DAILY POST.
He was reacting to the invasion of Venezuela by the US forces and the following seize of its President Nicolas Maduro.
“That is my recommendation to Nigeria as properly. You must respect power. And in any case, when the Nigeria went into Benin Republic a number of weeks again, in phrases of power disparity, there’s no approach Benin may have resisted Nigeria, however there are international locations in Africa that Nigeria won’t tackle.
“And that leads me to a definition of what should be the extent of power that Nigeria should search. Nigeria, in phrases of financial and army power, should advance itself to a place the place no country in Africa will be capable of defeat Nigeria if there’s a contestation between the 2 international locations.
“I didn’t say that Nigeria should aspire to a power stage the place it should defeat any African country. No, I’m saying Nigeria should aspire to a power stage the place no country in Africa will be capable of defeat,” he stated.
