Ghanaian journalist Kwesi Pratt Jr says it was “disgraceful” to hear President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Major General, urge the United States to support Nigeria in combatting security challenges across the country.

In a virtual meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken on Tuesday, Mr Buhari said AFRICOM should be relocated to Africa to strengthen ongoing efforts to check the security situation, with likely effect on other nations.

“The security challenges in Nigeria remain of great concern to us and impacted more negatively, by existing complex negative pressures in the Sahel, Central and West Africa, as well as the Lake Chad Region.

“Compounded as the situation remains, Nigeria and her security forces remain resolutely committed to containing them and addressing their root causes. The support of important and strategic partners like United States cannot be overstated as the consequences of insecurity will affect all nations hence the imperative for concerted cooperation and collaboration of all nations to overcome these challenges,” the president had said.

Speaking with Pan African Television, Mr Pratt expressed his disappointment at Mr Buhari, saying it is embarrassing for the president to have made such call, despite his promise of combatting insecurity during his campaign in 2015.

“I was so embarrassed, I was so disgraced by the Nigerian head of state in the counts of things he said, I am embarrassed by Buhari,” the journalist said while recounting Mr Buhari’s campaign against former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

“When Buhari was campaigning to replace Goodluck Jonathan, what did he tell Nigerians? That he was a former general and still a general, that he would be able to stop the operations of Boko Haram, is that not the promise he made,” he queried.

“Now the same Buhari is telling us ‘I raise my hand we can’t fight Boko Haram, come and fight Boko Haram for us’”, Mr Pratt said asking Mr Buhari to resign over failure to combat insecurity.

He should be leaving office; he has not fulfilled his promise to the Nigerian people. In any case, if Nigeria, a giant in Africa cannot deal with Boko Haram and have to go and beg Antony Blinken to bring soldiers into Lagos, Abuja, and other places to fight Boko Haram, then what would other countries like the Gambia do?” he said.

According to the experienced journalist, Africa is gradually “walking back into the embrace of our slave masters, we’re walking back into the embrace of our colonial oppressors, that is what they’re doing and these African leaders are doing that without blinking an eye, without any shame. What an embarrassment!”

Since his assumption of office, Mr Buhari has faced heavy criticisms over his failure to fulfill his campaign promises.

During his campaign in 2015, the president made over 30 campaign promises, some of which are: sustaining the anti-insurgency war and curb insecurity, rebuilding the economy, to fight corruption as well as include persons of integrity in the cabinet.

However, the president has been criticised over the years for failing to fulfill these promises, as security challenges and corruption in public offices have become more alarming.

https://www.peoplesgazette.com/buhari-embarrassed-africa-by-begging-u-s-to-fight-boko-haram-ghanaian-journalist/

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food has come

Amotolongbo:
Calling for the relocation of AFRICOM to Nigeria isn’t cool

Mr Pratt said asking Mr Buhari to resign over failure to combat insecurity.In any case, if Nigeria, a giant in Africa cannot deal with Boko Haram..then what would other countries like the Gambia do?”

Racoon:
Monumental disgrace to a nation like Nigeria I tell you.Insecurity will never end as the likes of Buhari, Isa Pantami and BH terrorists backers are still entrenched in govt.

owobokiri:
That's a fact!
It's the height of inferiority complex.
More like accepting enslavement..
No serious Commander In Chief declares the hopelessness of his military in this fashion..
This is what happens when you turn 'almajirism' into a political ideology

buckeyemedia:
You spend too much time in the politics section for an aspiring musician, no wonder you are struggling to release a single? Nigeria is ECOWAS, without Nigeria there is no ECOWAS, we asked for assistance from who can assist, not from a helpless Ghana that is struggling to cultivate cocoa.

Racoon:
Monumental disgrace to a nation like Nigeria I tell you.Insecurity will never end as the likes of Buhari, Isa Pantami and BH terrorists backers are still entrenched in govt.

GodHatesBigots:


Lol, Nigeria is fast becoming a shit hole compared to Ghana, keep making a fool of yourself .

buckeyemedia:
Why are you still in Nigeria? Pack & go to Accra or Kumasi we do not need you in Nigeria.

kmcutez:
These Ghanaians can never mind their business. Always carrying Nigerian news like gala. Yeye people.

buckeyemedia:
Sure because Jonathan & pdp ended it? Confused Nigerian pikin..

kmcutez:
These Ghanaians can never mind their business. Always carrying Nigerian news like gala.

buckeyemedia:
You spend too much time in the politics section for an aspiring musician, no wonder you are struggling to release a single? Nigeria is ECOWAS, without Nigeria there is no ECOWAS, we asked for assistance from who can assist, not from a helpless Ghana that is struggling to cultivate cocoa.

thebosstrevor1:
The journalist is a substance journalist.

Africom have been in Africa since 2011.in fact there is a drone base in niger republic. The government want the head quarters of africom to be in Nigeria that means more money for us and also job opportunities for Nigerians.

Presently africom headquarters is in stuggart, Germany

owobokiri:

Why not bring alqaeda and isis headquarters to Nigeria too..
It will bring in "more money" and more "job opportunities" too..
Do you even understand the policy thrust of that military agency?
Buhari and his platoon of headless chickens...

obonujoker:
Buhari has never heard of the evils of the CIA

GodHatesBigots:


He is a desperate man.

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I said it. The zombies has arrived
to defend the failure and dullard.

BigSarah:
Lai Muhammad to the rescue
For this NBC will sanction this journalist and every media channel he is associated with Lmao...