₦airaland Forum

naptu2:
I need to be very honest with you. I have been watching these things for many decades and the people that are talking right now sound very dull to me.

Heads of state, especially executive heads of state, are very busy people. Almost everybody in their country wants to have meetings with them and they can't meet with everybody. Quite often they have to work round the clock with very little sleep. Apart from their official hours, they often need to have political meetings late into the night.

This is why their itinerary is usually prepared months in advance. State visits, audiences, etc usually don't happen on the spur of the moment, they are usually prepared and planned months, even years in advance.

Back in the 1980s the head of state of Nigeria lived at State House Dodan Barracks. However some functions were performed at State House Marina.

I often watched as the head of state (Shagari, Buhari, Babangida) went to State House Marina (the police would close down Cable Street) and new ambassadors would arrive, one after the other and submit their letters of credence to the head of state. Then they would sit and talk with the head of state, take photographs and then inspect the guard of honour on the State House lawn.

It is after this ceremony that their tenure officially begins.

As I said, the head of state is a busy person, so this ceremony was usually done in batches. Usually between 3 to 10 ambassadors would submit their letters of credence in the same morning or afternoon.

That's why people that are complaining or making a big deal about the fact that Reno Omokri or Femi Fani-Kayode have not resumed as ambassadors sound dull to me. It could take many months after an ambassador is appointed by his country before he can submit his letter of credence. It's not a big deal. It depends on the schedule of the host head of state. This is not something new or strange, it is the norm.

We've seen Reno Omokri being hosted to dinner by the Mexican ambassador to Nigeria, so where is the origin of the funny speculation that the Mexican authorities have rejected him? We've seen Femi Fani-Kayode take part in the meeting between the Nigerian and South African foreign ministers, so where does the speculation that he has been rejected by the South Africans come from?

These funny people think that they are scoring points when they are actually making themselves look very dull.

naptu2:
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lookinggood:
Reading this your post sound interesting, then decided to further go through your profile to see all manner post targeting a particular person.

I felt disappointed reading a post by some who an internet junky. Sorry!

naptu2:
I often watched as the head of state (Shagari, Buhari, Babangida) went to State House Marina (the police would close down Cable Street) and new ambassadors would arrive, one after the other and submit their letters of credence to the head of state. Then they would sit and talk with the head of state, take photographs and then inspect the guard of honour on the State House lawn.

ayusco85:
I was wondering same too. He must be in his 60's or 70's if he truly experienced it and even knows what it was back then.

free2ryhme:
All these APC rogues

dem gives this crook ambassador position

GeneralOuki:
This quote here is a lie.

First, these events were not a public event so there's no way you could have "often watched" these heads of States perform these duties, secondly you've got to be within the government or close to it to even witness any of it. The welcoming/ receiving of ambassadors is not a public event that everyday citizens could attend or witness in person. Instead, it is an exclusive, highly secured, and heavily choreographed state ritual. So to even witness it under 3 separate governments, you've got to be either in the camps if Theophilus Danjuma or Abacha, even I whose family was quiet close to the Babangida govt never witnessed any of it. So you're lying here.

Legitiscool:
Na wa o

This people take govt work like a profession

Shebi her family never loot enough to establish businesses that will keep them busy

Or is their barren hands never going to sustain anything outside public galavanting

Memphis357:
Oh please, shut up with the lies. Femi Fani Kayode was rejected initially by the German authorities before he was moved to South Africa

Worldinchaos:
Non of these presidents dey acknowledge us. I don't even know if they'll recognize our presido in international conferences sef.
Our own keeps traveling, but no president comes to visit us.

naptu2:
🤣🤣🤣

Kai! Something that they show on the news! Something that I have posted very many videos of? Something that they showed in special programmes at 10pm?

I'm going to use you to entertaim myself this morning.

Herr comes the videos.

GeneralOuki:
Abeg no dey whine yourself, you can go and dig out old videos of those events, but you never witnessed them happening live. I can dig out old 1972 videos of an event in Nigeria, but does that mean I witnessed them happening live? Abeg make I hear word. Entertainment ko

naptu2:
According to GeneralOuki, this was a highly secret event that nobody knew or saw.

President Buhari receives letters of credence from the ambassador of Saudi Arabia.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNndal-mPg?si=k6MEzIlYtdaSVlEw

I LIVED NEAR DODAN BARRACKS! I EVEN KNEW WHAT TIME THE HEAD OF STATE LEFT DODAN BARRACKS TO STATE HOUSE MARINA FOR THE CEREMONY!

Funny kids on the internet.

dominique:
But why is it taking 600 years for Reno's ambassadorial role to the approved?

naptu2:
SEE THIS CHILD? YOU THINK I GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK?

ENJOY YOUR BLOCK, I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN SERIOUS PEOPLE.

IyfeNamikaze:
Lol... So you block people you counter you or push back on your position? That doesn't sound very nice though 🤔

naptu2:
Why are you asking whether I block people? Would you like a block?

Why do you think I care whether you think it's nice or not?

IyfeNamikaze:
I was just expecting you to counter his argument instead of just blocking him. In a way he's right in what he was saying that it was an exclusive event, but there was a way to counter that position which I was expecting you to do, but to go straight to blocking without properly rebutting his position lays some kind of credence to his argument, don't you think?

I am just a side observer though.