A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Monday Onyekachi Ubani on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu not to expect any assistance from newly sworn-in US President, Donald Trump.
Speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Ubani also said he is in support of the statement made by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi that President Tinubu should avoid any altercation or confrontation with Trump.
While urging Tinubu to concentrate his efforts on building Nigeria’s economy and addressing insecurity and other challenges, Ubani said Nigerians will be wasting their time if they think they can get any help from the Trump administration or other western powers.
“Nigerians must be careful in believing that they can get any help from Donald Trump or the western powers. If we want to build Nigeria or Africa, we must not depend on the whites to do that. We will just continue to wait and then not achieve anything”.
“Anyone thinking they will help us build our economy is just deluded. They will never allow you to rise to your full potentials. If they give you one head, they take two in return. There is nothing they give to you that doesn’t have a condition attached to it”.
“If we are sincere and tenacious, we can build our country to the best standards that we desire if only our leaders can have a rethink. Trump was elected majorly by the white supremacists who believe in his policy pronouncements especially on anti-immigration. See how they massively voted Trump when he promised stricter immigration rules”.
“So, the advice that Tinubu should try and avoid any confrontation with Trump is a very good advice. He should also not expect any assistance, be it security or economy from him. He should just concentrate his efforts on building our own economy which he has been doing since assuming office”.
