Pls, I don't understand why our presidential candidates (of top parties) must go to Chatham house to speak. I know it's an international and independent institute but it doesn't really speak well in my view considering the fact that some of these candidates won't even honour an invite from a reputable platform (not the partisan ones) at home to come discuss issues.

Are there countries outside Africa that their presidential candidates visit there during there presidential campaign like we do in Nigeria?
Pls help my ignorance.

Does this not symbolizes hang over of colonialism, inferiority complex and so on?

Because Tinubu disgraced himself there. Everybody will go and outshine him to show what a terrible candidate APC has

Justmesagi:
Pls, I don't understand why our presidential candidates (of top parties) must go to Chatham house to speak. I know it's an international and independent institute but it doesn't really speak well in my view considering the fact that some of these candidates won't even honour an invite from a reputable platform (not the partisan ones) at home to come discuss issues.

Are there countries outside Africa that their presidential candidates visit there during there presidential campaign like we do in Nigeria?
Pls help my ignorance.

Does this not symbolizes hang over of colonialism, inferiority complex and so on?

Candidates are selling themselves to potential foreign investors.... Skynews interviewed Peter Obi because of Chatham House... That's a boost! Big investors can influence their government to ensure that the candidate they believe will bring profit wins... America and Britain made sure Buhari won but unfortunately for them, they lost at the end. There investments here crashed.

Because it's an important relevant Royal Institute that focuses on development.

https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/research-event/nigerias-2023-elections-vision-policy-change-and-institutional-reforms

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House

It's not a new a thing, even Joe Biden was at Chatham House too when he was contesting to be the president of United States..

Ok

Urchinpainer:


Candidates are selling themselves to potential foreign investors.... Skynews interviewed Peter Obi because of Chatham House... That's a boost! Big investors can influence their government to ensure that the candidate they believe will bring profit wins... America and Britain made sure Buhari won but unfortunately for them, they lost at the end. There investments here crashed.

Thanks.

StrongandMighty:
It's not a new a thing, even Joe Biden was at Chatham House too when he was contesting to be the president of United States..

Thanks sir.

StrongandMighty:
It's not a new a thing, even Joe Biden was at Chatham House too when he was contesting to be the president of United States..

I'm not sure this is true. Joe Biden went to Chatham on 7th November after he had won the election which held on 3rd November. So, he couldn't have gone there to campaign, but to start reassuring US allies, of which Britain is the oldest.

US Presidents don't need to go outside US to beg for clout or votes. But for Nigerian politicians, it is more like begging for Western acceptance and promise to sustain the slave-master relationship borne out of inferiority complex.

sucemt:


I'm not sure this is true. Joe Biden went to Chatham on 7th November after he had won the election which held on 3rd November. So, he couldn't have gone there to campaign, but to start reassuring US allies, of which Britain is the oldest.

US Presidents don't need to go outside US to beg for clout or votes. But for Nigerian politicians, it is more like begging for Western acceptance and promise to sustain the slave-master relationship borne out of inferiority complex.

Thank for the clarification. This is my thought too.

It is very bad for our presidential candidates to go there just because they want to score some scores. There is no way the UK would ever respect us when every time our candidates go there to read out their plans. We are independent for cry out loud! Why must we always go and bow to our slave masters? The implications are bad on our values as a sovereign nation. If because of their investments in every of our election, we will have to go their to read out our plans to them just to send some millions of dollars to us, then we should not have been independent in the first place. It's a bad thing please. I respect Atiku for calling their bluffs.