Diplomatic Disgrace: Why Tinubu Must Dissolve Cabinet Immediately—Reps Member

<h4>Diplomatic Disgrace<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that what seems a major let down on Nigeria in the international arena has provoked the call for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dissolve his cabinet immediately and appoint competent hands&comma; devoid of political affinity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the story&comma; Qatari authorities have turned down President Bola Tinubu’s request to visit the nation and hold a business and investment forum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Qatari government in a letter to the ministry of foreign affairs on Thursday disclosed that it would not be able to welcome <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Mr Tinubu<&sol;a> and hold the proposed forum on March 2 and 3 due to the lack of a legally binding agreement between Qatar and Nigeria for the promotion of investment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It also noted that its ministry of commerce had other commitments on the days Mr Tinubu desired to visit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Embassy has the honour to inform that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Qatar apologises that it will not be able to hold a Business and Investment Forum as proposed by Nigerian side” because &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;there is no any agreement signed between the State of Qatar and the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Investment Promotion and Protection&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> the letter sent to the foreign affairs ministry on February 22 stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Gulf nation further stressed that its commerce and industry minister&comma; Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim al-Thani &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;will be carrying out official missions outside the country during the upcoming visit period” which makes him unavailable to meet with the Nigerian leader&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It added that its officials would be too busy because Qatar was hosting its own &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;web summit” the same time Mr Tinubu planned to visit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The State of Qatar will be hosting a web summit during the suggested period and the state’s authorities will be preoccupied with this event&comma;” the letter indicated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Qatari government’s failure to reschedule the business forum to a more convenient period&comma; perhaps&comma; suggested its unwillingness to forge any economic alliance with Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year&comma; the United Arab Emirates authorities faulted an announcement that a visa ban on Nigerians had been lifted after Mr Tinubu visited the UAE leader&comma; Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reacting to this development&comma; a House of Representatives member on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress&comma; APC from Ondo State told OpenLife Saturday afternoon that what has just emerged is as a result of poor handling of job specifications by presidential aides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He maintained that most of the aides and ministers are not qualified to be in those positions because they have nothing to offer the President&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the coming governorship election in Ondo&comma; where his aspirant needs the President’s supports&comma; the Abuja law maker said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is what we have been saying&period; Aides to the President must be able to do their research very well to be able to offer quality advice to any proposal&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>If that had been done&comma; this international disgrace would have been avoided&period; Imagine <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Qatar<&sol;a> turning down Nigeria’s President’s visit&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is a disgrace because the right preliminary investigations were not done&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tinubu should sack those under performing ministers and aides&period; Whoever is responsible for this national let down should be sacked&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24091" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24091" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24091" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;02&sol;Sheikh-Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Al-Nahyan-300x162&period;png" alt&equals;"Diplomatic Disgrace&colon; Why Tinubu Must Dissolve Cabinet Immediately---Reps Member" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"162" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24091" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Tinubu and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;