Tectonic shift in political and economic thinking

Now that the Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Obama is on his “way out” and President Elect Trump is on his “way in” to the office housing the world’s oldest surviving federation, what impact will this tectonic shift in US political and economic thinking have on .US.-Nigeria relation; more specifically, on the U.S.-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council whose aim ever since it was established in 2000 was to create a civilised inclusive forum for regular, high-level dialogue on enhancing and improving co-ordination between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Nigeria on multilateral and bilateral trade and investment issues?

The answer, on one level, is simple: we do not know. Nevertheless, one can hazard an educated deduction based on the character, rhetoric, knowledge and critical thinking of the President Elect. This will be the subject matter of NPL’s weekly blog in the forthcoming weeks.