Phrank Shaibu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s special assistant on public relations, believes Nigeria has lost its worldwide importance under President Bola Tinubu.
In a statement issued Friday, Shaibu stated that Nigeria’s absence from an upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and five African leaders is “a scathing verdict” on Tinubu’s foreign policy failings.
On July 9, President Trump will host leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House to discuss trade potential.
According to Shaibu, Nigeria’s exclusion from the list is “a staggering symbol of the Tinubu administration’s failure on the international stage” rather than a diplomatic blunder.
“This exclusion by the Trump administration is not a diplomatic oversight,” according to him.
“It is a verdict, searing in symbolism and overwhelming in implications. A verdict on Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unstable presidency, his controversial chairmanship of ECOWAS, and Nigeria’s utter diplomatic extinction.”
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He claimed Nigeria, long a continental powerhouse, had become “an afterthought” in world affairs.
“Tinubu inherited an ECOWAS of 15 member states and left it gasping for breath, with three countries pulling out and 40 percent of its land mass gone,” claimed the former president.
“From African Giant to Diplomatic Ghost, Tinubu has accomplished the job. He has squandered our legacy, diminished our standing, and muffled our voice on the global stage.”
He claimed that while South Africa is negotiating trade arrangements with Washington, Nigeria “is invisible” under Tinubu’s watch.
Shaibu further stated that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition would liberate Nigeria from “urban bandits” in authority.
“We will not be complicit in our own erasure,” he informed us.
“The devastation is severe, but so is our commitment. And the mission to regain Nigeria’s honor is already underway.”
On Tuesday, Shaibu projected that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would lose the 2027 presidential election due to rising hunger and economic hardship.
He stated that Nigerians are already reckoning the cost of poor governance and will vote against the ruling party in the coming elections.
“No amount of propaganda can hide hunger. “No PR can spin poverty,” he stated.
