A former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has faulted the handling of Nigeria’s foreign policy under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Garba said managers of Tinubu’s foreign policy have exposed Nigeria to even more problems.
He made the remark in reaction to China warning the United States against interfering in Nigeria’s affairs.
China had issued the warning following threats by US President, Donald Trump to order military action over reported Christian genocide in Nigeria.
Garba in a post on X wrote: “China backed Nigeria and warned U.S against internal interference. Some are celebrating this based on myopic mindset.
“So did China backed Afghanistan, China Backed Iraq, China backed Gaddafi, China backed Assad. does that stop U.S from projecting its national interest in those countries?
“Most recently, China backed Gaza, does that stop anything? In fact, the most important Chinese BRI ally in the World is Islamic Republic of Iran, China vehemently backed Iran, but that doesn’t stop the U.S from bombing the Iranian Nuclear facility, right within Iran.
“The truth it, when it comes to international issues, no country can back you against any other superpower beyond strongly worded press conferences, except of course when there are strategic interests threatening the national security of the supporting power.
“In fact, in Nigeria, most Chinese companies have been packed up due to lack of payment from the jobs they have executed for the government. The chinese government is fully aware of the situation.
“Therefore, believe such press statements as anything beyond paper rhetoric at your own peril.
“Nigeria’s foreign policy management of the Tinubu administration is the most laziest it has ever been in the country, exposing us to even more problems.
“Nigeria needs to work its way to clean its name. This is very important.
“As it stands, there is no country, not even our neigbors like Niger, Cameroun, Benin that can come for us in the event of any situation. In fact, Chad even closed their borders against us.
“We have to work our way out of the mess we created ourselves. Propaganda only ends on the screens of social media users.”
