Foreign trips must deliver economic benefits not fashion displays – Peter Obi

Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi has criticised the caller overseas trips by Nigerian leaders, stating that authorities visits indispensable present added economical benefits alternatively than “fashion” displays.

He disclosed this via his X grip on Saturday.

Obi said diplomacy should beryllium driven by investments, concern growth, exertion transfer, mill expansion, commercialized agreements and occupation creation, not “tourism” oregon “fashion parades.”

“State visits by Leaders are not tourism, and diplomacy is not a manner parade. Every overseas travel undertaken by a authorities indispensable present measurable benefits to the people, including investments, exertion transfer, commercialized agreements, mill expansion, concern partnerships, and occupation creation.

“During President Trump’s caller sojourn to China, the American delegation reportedly included a fewer apical authorities officials, and galore of the biggest figures successful planetary concern and technology. Consequently, immense commercialized deals worthy respective cardinal dollars including astir 200 Boeing orders were achieved.

“That is however superior nations attack diplomacy, by aligning overseas argumentation with economical expansion, concern growth, innovation, and nationalist productivity,”he said.

“I anticipation that lessons tin beryllium learned from these caller visits, comparing them with the President of Nigeria’s caller authorities sojourn to the United Kingdom.

“A ample entourage of...