OPINION BY CHUKWUEMEKA UWANAKA: United States strategy towards Africa and Nigeria’s foreign policy options | TheCable
interpreted to mean that countries of the world pay close attention to the foreign policies and strategies of world powers, especially those countries with larger economies, security presence and diplomatic presence that influence major international outcomes. The United States of America , as the largest economy in the world, has the largest military presence across the globe and is a major influencer of global economic, political and social events.
In answering this, it is important to stress that foreign policy response from Nigeria does not connote confrontation, but, rather, strategic approaches to ensure that the US strategy is beneficial to, and implemented in a way that supports Nigeria’s interests, as has been the aspiration since both countries established formal diplomatic relations on October 1, 1960, when the Nigerian embassy in Washington was opened and the United States embassy in Lagos was established.
In the drive to advance pandemic recovery and economic opportunity, there should be pharmaceutical and medical collaboration between Nigerian and US companies, towards the speedy establishment of vaccine production in Nigeria. That way, there is increased resilience against existing diseases, and any possible pandemic in the future, as domestic production in Africa’s most populous country provides strategic pandemic management options.
To be able to support conservation, climate adaptation, and a just energy transition, the Nigerian government has to explore technical collaboration and funding support from the US for the successful implementation of the Great Green Wall in Nigeria and 21 African countries, as well as for the Nigeria National Forest Policy 2020, which is designed to increase forest cover in Nigeria from the present 6% to 25% by 2030.
Nigeria has to ensure that the plan by the US to facilitate new geographic groupings and deepen engagement with regional economic communities does not, in any way, reduce its influence in the West African sub-region, ECOWAS and African Union, or disrupt the current integrations policies and set-up of these African multilateral organisations.
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