Foreign policy is an important arm of national policies because it goes a long way to either reinforce or diminish the sovereignty of a country. Doubtless, it shapes outsiders’ perception and reckoning of the country, which deploys its foreign policy tools on the basis of specific national objectives.
Currently, Nigeria’s foreign policy seems to be in a flux without a core. This has been a cause for concern to well-meaning Nigerians and many watchers of the country’s foreign policy. They have never ceased to recall the heyday of the country’s foreign policy, especially in the de-colonisation process in Africa.
Apartheid policy in South Africa, Ian Smith Universal Declaration of Independence (UDI) in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe and the support of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) are some landmarks, which underscored the vibrancy of the country’s foreign policy in those days before curious civilization kicked us in the face.
The concern over the aberration in the country’s foreign policy was further deepened recently by an alarm bell coming from a Nigerian resident in Netherlands, Mr. Sunny Ofehe who is the Executive Director of Hope for Niger Delta Campaign. He frowns on the intention of the Nigerian government to cut down the number of its diplomatic missions abroad from about 110 to 80.
Read More: https://guardian.ng/opinion/restructure-nigerias-foreign-policy-objectives-now/