Loans: China, others will exert influence on Nigeria, says ex-foreign minister
Politics tamfitronics A former external affairs minister, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu’s administration to be careful with Chinese deals.While speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, he said China and all the countries Nigeria is indebted to will try to exert some level of influence on the country.Prof Akinyemi, also a former Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), said: “The people we are borrowing from will exercise influence on us and it scares me.”He said there is competition between China and the United States for global economic dominance and admonished that Nigeria needs the discipline to refund borrowed monies as and when due.45 burnt to death in Niger Road accidentTinubu trying, he inherited near-bankrupt nation – Tafawa-BalewaPresident Tinubu was in China last week on a...
