The Nation Newspaper Lessons from a country called Rwanda
As one who has always indicated interest in matters concerning foreign affairs, I was recently a guest of the Foreign Policy School of the Nigeria Institute for International Affairs in which I had the opportunity to engage with a number of career diplomats on matters affecting the nation’s foreign policy thrusts, particularly that of the Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
I wish that we borrow copiously from Rwanda’s past as a nation; it’s challenges with its colonial reification of identity and narratives which in turn created an avenue for mistrust and then went on to inspire the horrific genocide of 1994.
To them the Nigerian nation may burn to the ground it bothers them not, they are not bothered if they put the country on the path of self destruct, their ambition trumps all of that. Whether we want a war torn country with wounds that will take time to heal{ Now that is if we survive a second civil war) or we want a country where we passionately put Nigeria first, understanding our differences whether they are ethnic, partisan or religious and subsuming such differences under the national panorama. In terms of nation building, the Nigerian lump of leaders most especially those in the opposition can borrow a leaf too.
Nigerians of all works of life must learn to work towards the common goal of national progress and development, by building strong institutions, investing massively in human capital and education, fostering tolerance and ensuring a culture of accountability between those leading and the led. Looking at it, Rwanda’s political system under Kagame shows that there is need for a succession system rather than a succession plan. Rwanda’s virile policy on youth development is enhancing leadership and will cement Rwanda’s role as a behemoth in the nearest future. Nigeria surely needs this.
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