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AFRPN Asks ECOWAS To Recuse Self From Political Crisis

AFRPN Asks ECOWAS To Recuse Self From Political Crisis

Princess-Ekwi Ajide

The Association of Foreign Relations Professionals of Nigeria, AFRPN, has advised the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to recuse itself from political crisis, as ECOWAS is a creation of military regime which has no room for democracy in its system.

The President of the association, Dr. Gani Lawal, while addressing a press conference ahead of its conference in Abuja, said they are poised to checkmating any form of “kabu kabu” diplomacy in the country.

According to him, a nation must weave its national interest around the weight of its military industrial complex and natural resources to earn a favorable edge in the global intercourse since foreign policy is an extension of internal policy dictated by the vagaries of the external environment.

The Association’s president, noted that foreign policy is crafted around what a nation wants or does not want on the basis of its national interests from the global stage, saying that an impactful foreign policy cannot be conducted in an atmosphere of poor internal political and economic dynamics.

Speaking on the role of ECOWAS in unconstitutional change of governments, as well as the 4D mantra of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s foreign policy thrust, Ambassador Lawal stressed that nurturing democracy requires creation of a robust and elaborate educationally informed population that will act as vanguard of democracy.

He noted that a largely illiterate and uninformed population cannot enhance democracy, as such, Nigeria’s insistence on zero tolerance for military coups and undemocratic change of government in Africa, requires that Nigeria must demonstrate with examples of nurturing and deepening its internal democracy and ready to assist less endowed neighbours to maintain their internal democracy.

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