So far, @USinNigeria, @EUinNigeria, and @AusHCAbuja remained silent on #TwitterBan, standing by as Nigerian democracy sharply backslides before our eyes. @UKinNigeria has spoken, but too softly. Only @CanHCNigeria and @NicolasJSimard has sounded the alarm. 1/ For the umpteenth time, I will make the observation that @USinNigeria @AsstSecStateAF and, in many instances, @UKinNigeria policy toward Nigeria is broadly failing because it demonstrably does not *in fact* prioritize democracy and governance in the ways it purports to do. 2/

🔥 Hot off the presses: my new @CarnegieEndow report “West African Elites’ Spending on UK Schools and Universities: A Closer Look”. Are some 🇳🇬🇬🇭 politicians using unexplained wealth to school their children in the 🇬🇧? THREAD carnegieendowment.org/2021/01/28/wes… Political, business, and cultural elites from around the world have a strong affinity for the UK education system. Nowhere is this truer than in Nigeria and Ghana, where some families have a long tradition of sending their children to British boarding schools and universities. 1/

@OpenFundingNG This is an important and fundamental question. There remains some debate over whether corruption is inherently harmful to social and economic development, or whether it is a necessary evil as countries develop and grow 1/ @OpenFundingNG Needless to say, I don't see the 'necessary evil' argument as very convincing, especially when corruption is pervasive that its corrosive effects are manifested in in such a broad based way. This is the situation in Nigeria. 2/