Lets here your thoughts nairalanders..

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Cotounou - Senegal President Macky Sall, the current chairperson of the west African Ecowas bloc, and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi will travel to Burkina Faso on Friday to mediate in the wake of a military coup, Benin's foreign minister said on Thursday.
"The goal behind this is to achieve a return to normal constitutional life, freeing the president and prime minister who are hostages, and the liberation of all the ministers," Saliou Akadiri said on Benin's state-owned television.
Boni Yayi is Ecowas special facilitator for Burkina Faso.
Reuters

As a big brother

yes


But economically thinking , NO

No.
It is not our business.
No one asked for our help.
We have our own issues to deal with.

Yes! Nigeria shud intervene in Borno state.

DrLikita:
No.
It is not our business.
No one asked for our help.
We have our own issues to deal with.

if any west African state is destabilised , it will surely affect us

Greyworld:
Yes! Nigeria shud intervene in Borno state.

do you know why boko haram has more chadians and nigeriens as fighters?

Lol Bros una get army to intervene? Common boko haram rag-tag army we are struggling to defeat let alone confronting a another country's army

iterator24:
do you know why boko haram has more chadians and nigeriens as fighters?

No, pray tell me sire.

There is nothing to intervene here.
Just put a phone call to the coupist ,asking him to quit or face economic sanctions and possibly military invasion from the ECOWAS.
Promise to make a state visit to burkina faso as a sign of good faith, and the hungry coupists will surrender.
That is exactly how jonathan dealt with those west african coupists during his administration and was largely successfully.

every countries wit thr own peculiar problem let them face thr problem n we face ours

iterator24:
Lets here your thoughts nairalanders..

Yes!

DrLikita:
No.
It is not our business.
No one asked for our help.
We have our own issues to deal with.

It is 100% our business!

Our sphere of responsibility,

And area of influence.

If we don't we undermine of credibility in our very own backyard. We cannot be cleaning after the French in our own neighborhood.

Greyworld:

No, pray tell me sire.

our past leaders threw our foreign policy in the bin, we allowed a dictator rule over chad, and here is the embarrassing part, mediate between FG and boko haram (home grown terrorists)..

iterator24:
Lets here your thoughts nairalanders..

Yes.
First,let our president place a call to their current coupist; giving him an ultimatum to either step down in 24 hours or face severe economic sanctions and a Nigerian-led ECOMOG intervention.
If he remains stubborn {like laurence gbagbo},we should call an ECOWAS emergency meeting for a multilateral referendum and assemble our forces to invade burkina faso,we may act unilaterally if our economy permits us.

iterator24:
our past leaders threw our foreign policy in the bin, we allowed a dictator rule over chad, and here is the embarrassing part, mediate between FG and boko haram (home grown terrorists)..

So yu suggest Nigeria send troops to Burkina Faso?

Henry120:

Yes!

The earlier the better, Before we are faced with a refugee situation

Henry120:


It is 100% our business!

Our sphere of responsibility,

And area of influence.

If we don't we undermine of credibility in our very own backyard. We cannot be cleaning after the French in our own neighborhood.

And if care is not taken we will be cleaning after the French in our own house.

Yes

Greyworld:

So yu suggest Nigeria send troops to Burkina Faso?

no! but sanctions is a starter... we can do it

byrron:
Nigeria has not even solved her own problems and she is seriously seeking for external help to defeat a rag tag boko haram in it's domain.

The best term to describe Nigeria's problem is 'Neglect'.. its the reason why we have boko haram amongst other things.

iterator24:
if any west African state is destabilised , it will surely affect us

Regardless we should take care of our problems first. After that we can help whoever needs help.

The present leadership of the country has no moral justification to intervain because the President himself was involved in a coup of which he has no remorse about

We have an obligation to interfere though not militarily. A resolution must be reached between the coupists and the government because if we leave things to fester there, cretins would have a field day and Boko Haram will begin to dream dreams of having a playing ground there!

Nigeria should intervene in Nigeria first abi you think say the kwontri dey alive?

Abeg somebody should call 911 for NAIJA especially on its economy.

Buhari should as a matter of urgency appoint a new president (Hausa) for them and probe the coup leader

Yes we should for the following reasons:
1. It is the perfect opportunity to rebuild our tattered foreign policy.
2. A proof that our military can fight in multiple fronts and sustain the fight for as long as possible if diplomacy fails..( that will send a message to potential foes) and act as a morale booster to our army.
3. Truth be said, Nigeria's image is at an all time high..the world perceives our election of the current govt as a determination by us to reject our old image and accept a new one...I interacted with a Kenyan friend yesterday and he was full of admiration for us..
4. We would ultimately drive off others from our sphere of influence...


My only problem is the cost implications if financing such a campaign amidst the current economic crisis in d country..hence a highly publicised diplomatic approach to resolving the coup crisis in Burkina Faso remains my first choice..


My 2 naira.

MansaMoussa:
Yes we should for the following reasons:
1. It is the perfect opportunity to rebuild our tattered foreign policy.
2. A proof that our military can fight in multiple fronts and sustain the fight for as long as possible if diplomacy fails..( that will send a message to potential foes) and act as a morale booster to our army.
3. Truth be said, Nigeria's image is at an all time high..the world perceives our election of the current govt as a determination by us to reject our old image and accept a new one...I interacted with a Kenyan friend yesterday and he was full of admiration for us..
4. We would ultimately drive off others from our sphere of influence...


My only problem is the cost implications if financing such a campaign amidst the current economic crisis in d country..hence a highly publicised diplomatic approach to resolving the coup crisis in Burkina Faso remains my first choice..


My 2 naira.

I concur

Cotounou - Senegal President Macky Sall, the current chairperson of the west African Ecowas bloc, and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi will travel to Burkina Faso on Friday to mediate in the wake of a military coup, Benin's foreign minister said on Thursday.
"The goal behind this is to achieve a return to normal constitutional life, freeing the president and prime minister who are hostages, and the liberation of all the ministers," Saliou Akadiri said on Benin's state-owned television.
Boni Yayi is Ecowas special facilitator for Burkina Faso.
Reuters

What is Nigerians concern wit Burkina Faso .....u av not removed d dust in ur eye ....u want to remove d stick in another mans eye!!!!





cc ........ ChuChulee as spoken

Yes! Nigeria should not let go her role as the BIG brother of Africa. Obasanjo intervened when there was a coup in Sao Tome and Principe. He also played active role in halting Liberia crises. Jonathan played a role in Ivory Coast crises. Buhari should step in and mediate the Burkina crises. We have the might

DrLikita:
No.
It is not our business.
No one asked for our help.
We have our own issues to deal with.

Dear Dr, it is our business. Non intervention will send signal to some military guys in the barracks that coup d'tat can be tolerated. We won't want to send such message.

Beside, Nigeria have the natural mandate as the most influential African country.