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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has pointed out what he described as Nigeria\u2019s biggest mistake in the first quarter of this century.<\/p>\n

Garba said Nigeria\u2019s inability to join the BRICS at the right time was the country\u2019s biggest mistake of the century.<\/p>\n

In a statement he signed, Adamu said, \u201cThe biggest mistake Nigeria commitment in the first quarter of this century is not joining the BRICS at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we have collected so much Western Loans and monies, aligned our policies to Western interest, yet they have started targeting our government with bad press with a clearly targeted rejection campaigns against Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you know that by January 2026, Europe will execute the ban on Cocoa export from Nigeria, purportedly for the crime of \u2018deforestation\u2019?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in addition to their efforts to repatriate hardened criminals from their country\u2019s prisons to be integrated into our society, society already mired with terrorist, criminals, drug dealers, cattle rustlers, etc. So tell me, what does that even mean?<\/p>\n

\u201cThey encouraged the neoliberal economic policies of successive administrations yet continuously turn back to accuse Nigeria of massive economic failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow they changed their visa policies against us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere on earth will another country declare adherents of other country\u2019s political parties as terrorist organizations, yet such country still claims to be a champion of global democracy? Yes, indeed Canada did it to Nigeria. They declared APC and PDP members as terrorist.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to our indecisions and illusion induced fear, we have lost the trust of most BRICS countries, and it seems that we are also fast losing our Western alliance. Despite everything, where are we headed? To the mud, I guess so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe older generations of Nigerian Leaders failed to realize that the nostalgic Powerful West is no longer what it used to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire Europe is not more that the vassal of the United State, at the mercy of the white house for their survival. Yes, they used to be our colonial masters, now they are being colonized by the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like to wrap ourselves in the comfort of being the biggest and the best country in Africa. But we fail to understand that our aggregate value could only be substantiated when we are present where we are needed, not where we are treated as slaver\u2019s bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we present ourselves on the international stage, we appear less valuable every day. A credit to our lack of genuine commitment to our independence and our sovereignty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must redefine our future by taking our destinies into our hands, we must reorganize this country\u2019s foreign policy agenda to reflect our strength, value and contribution to global goods, not just chasing which party could win the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria will be here long after much of the purported strategies of 2027 and 2031 etc are permanently gone. But their impact will vanish and scatter like a pack of cards if their only mission is winning elections and not planning for the good of the future of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am, in all honesty, so worried that while we grow, we don\u2019t develop, and worse again, we are fast losing the little potential value we parade to the World.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo redeem ourselves, we must accept the fact that we are full members of the global south, and we should fuse ourselves with the global south alliance, all comprehensively, including by leveraging on networks such as BRICS and SCO.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has pointed out what he described as Nigeria\u2019s biggest mistake in the first quarter of this century. Garba said Nigeria\u2019s inability to join the BRICS at the right time was the country\u2019s biggest mistake of the century. 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