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Tinubu ready to lead as Africa looks up to Nigeria — Tinubu's Aide, Alake

 


President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, on Saturday in Lagos, said President Bola Tinubu is ready to provide leadership on the local and foreign scenes.

 

Alake said the rest of Africa looks up to Nigeria for leadership.

 

“Everybody is looking up to Nigeria, especially in Africa and the ECOWAS region and President Tinubu is ready to take up the gauntlet,” Alake told State House correspondents when President Umaro Embaló of Guinea Bissau visited President Tinubu at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos.

 

The Director of Information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, revealed this in a statement he signed on Saturday titled ‘African Issues: President Tinubu ready to take up gauntlet, says Dele Alake.’

 

Alake said Tinubu recognises that other African nations are taking cues from Nigeria in terms of leadership. Therefore, he is prepared to step up to the challenge of providing a befitting example.

 

He noted that although both men met privately, President Embaló used the opportunity to express his solidarity and willingness to cooperate with Nigeria under the leadership of Tinubu.

 

Saturday’s visit also allowed Embaló, who is currently the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, to reinforce the fraternal relations between the two countries, Alake revealed.

 

“President Embalo commended the laudable policy initiatives of President Tinubu in the last one month and added that everyone in the international community has been commending the giant strides of the Nigerian leader.

 

 “He came to pay his solidarity and bond with a brother African head of State, in the first instance, and in particular as a brother Head of State in West Africa,” said the Presidential spokesman.

 

Alake described the engagement as a “commendable sign of things to come in the entire West African region”.

 

He said the show of support stems from President Tinubu’s “giant steps in the last one month” which, he said, has created a suitable atmosphere and need for Nigeria to take its rightful place in African affairs.

 

“Everybody is looking up to Nigeria, especially in Africa and the ECOWAS region and President Tinubu is ready to take up the gauntlet,” Alake added.

 

On the entourage of the visiting Bissau Guinean leader were his Special Adviser Caramo Camara; Chief of Staff, Califa Soares; Diplomatic Advisor, Alfredo Cabral and Image Operator, Bonifacio Correia.

 

Those who joined President Tinubu to receive the Guinea-Bissau President included Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu; Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy to the President; Mr. Dele Alake.

 

President Embaló was earlier received at the Presidential Wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, by Governor Sanwo-Olu.T

 

The visit is part of President Tinubu’s engagements since arriving in Nigeria from his one-week trips to Paris and London last Tuesday.

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  1. Nigeria can not successfully lead Africa as it is today when decisions taking bodies in African institutions are francophones. ECOWAS and AU can no longer portray the betterment of the continent as it used to be, and this, with some francophones countries who still worship their ex colonial masters. Most head of states of these francophones countries have sold African institutions to the US and NATO allies especially European countries being their ex imperial partners. Executive members of these institutions have exchanged African sovereignty with the west by increasing their huge monthly salaries, and it was revealed that EU pays their monthly salaries at the ECOWAS and AU Secretariat. Things were not like this when Adebayo Adedeji swas in that board, Africa was respected and admired . Africans knows President Embalo very well, each time he gets out of such ameetings, the first person he will send feedback to is, President Macron of France. So, I advise the President TINUBU to be careful with him because he’s a dangerous person to Africa. He admirers to be ruled by the white.

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