The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has stated that it is high time Africa stops depending on the United States.
He insisted that the President of America, Donald Trump is exactly what the continent needs, adding that Africa must break away from dependence on the United States and chart its own course.
According to a memo seen by CNN, the US state department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately.
The order threatens billions of dollars of funding from the state department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for programmes worldwide, especially in Africa where multiple programmes targeting improved health, military aid, and democracy are ongoing. Only Israel and Egypt were exempted.
The ban, which would be in place for 90 days, is intended to help the US re-evaluate how the programmes align with its interest.
Speaking via his X account on Sunday, Moghalu opined that being “sidelined” by Trump is exactly what the continent needs.
He wrote, “Being sidelined by Trump is exactly what Africa needs. We need to wake up and stop moaning about what Trump ‘means for Africa’.
“Africa needs to take its destiny into its own hands and chart its own course. Just tired of the ‘what Trump means for Africa’ discourse of dependency”
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