Former President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has stated that President Donald Trump’s decision to halt aid to foreign countries is a wake-up call for Africa to use its resources for the right thing.
In a viral video cited on Wednesday, Kenyatta said instead of fuming, Africa must look inward to be self-reliant instead of depending on foreign aid.
He said, “I saw some people the other day crying about Trump’s decision to halt foreign aid to African nations. Why are they crying? It is not your government and it is definitely not your country. He has no reason to give you anything, you do not pay taxes in America.
‘This is a wake-up call to Africa to ask what we can do to help ourselves instead of crying. We should ask ourselves what we are going to do to support ourselves. It is time for us to use our resources for the right thing because we are the ones using these resources for the wrong things.”
Trump signed an executive order to immediately pause the country’s foreign aid to ensure they are efficient and consistent with US foreign policy under the ‘America First agenda.’
A pause in this aid will have significant effects on Nigeria’s economy as the West African most populous nation, hitherto, remains a major beneficiary.
This may have significant impacts on the country’s large, teeming population of over 200 million people.
