Opinion: Big Brother Nigeria: Still A Toddler In African Politics, By Owei Lakemfa
Nigeria had tried to reach out to the rest of the continent in December by announcing a visa on arrival policy for Africans. But that seemed too little too late, as this has been the Rwandan policy for some years now, and countries like Kenya and Ethiopia had also evolved this policy. It is ironic that a country that claims to be opening its skies to all of Africa, has its land borders closed.
Nigeria had signed the ACfTA pact in July 2019. But it was too late to campaign that its headquarters be cited in Nigeria; Ghana had earlier lobbied for this and was given the honour to host the continental body. However, Nigeria decided to head the body and threw its hat into the ring. South Africa presented Wamkele Mene, 42, a former chief director of Africa Economic Relations at its Department of Trade and Industry; former chairman, Committee on International Trade in Financial Services, World Trade Organisation and its chief ACFTA negotiator. The DRC presented Faustin Luanga, former economic adviser to ex-President Joseph Kabila.
But Nigeria refused to concede, and for three days, the Nigeria-South Africa rivalry was reignited at the Summit. The DRC saw the battle between the two largest economies in Africa as an opportunity to present itself as a compromise candidate, and so decided not to step down.
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