On the flipside, however, President Trump’s derogatory generalisation could be perceived with some measure of factuality given the state of the Nigerian nation. I’m sure most Nigerians in Diaspora would hardly fault Trump on his pejorative downgrade of Nigeria with derogatory epithet of inhabiting huts. Trump is not alone in this diplomatic denigration of Nigeria, President Obama’s only official visit to the continent of Africa deliberately excluded Nigeria from his itinerary, Obama found it most repugnant to visit a nation laden with corruption and state sponsored thievery. The whole world is watching Nigeria in her trajectory of reversed development that perpetually puts her citizens in a vulnerable state of refugee status. For Nigeria to overcome this negative global image, there must be a transparent approach to governance at all levels of government.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2018 00:33 UTC