Reno Omokri criticizes Ghanaian Protocol

Reno Omokri criticizes Ghanaian Protocol 

Reno Omokri, a Nigerian author, columnist, adventure traveller, and social media influencer, criticizes Ghanaian Protocol Officers for allowing Burkina Faso President to meet John Mahama with arms.

"I do not blame the Burkinabe President, Ibrahim Traoré, for meeting the Ghanaian President, John Mahama, with a pistol and meeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin without arms. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the Ghanaian protocol officers. Ibrahim Traoré would have had to oblige or be ignored if they had insisted that he be disarmed. 

 

President Obasanjo did that with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Abuja. When Gaddafi refused to disarm himself at the Abuja Airport on Tuesday, 28 November 2006, President Obasanjo intervened, and when faced with superior clout from Obasanjo, Gaddafi blinked and folded. That is what President Mahama's protocol people should have done, and if they could not achieve it, President Mahama should have stepped in. 

 

Russia is very particular and meticulous about arms around its leader. Even touching him uninvited can trigger Putin's bodyguards. We saw that last year in March when they almost physically attacked the then-Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, for daring to put his hand on Putin's chest, until Putin stopped them with a hand gesture. 

 

African leaders should demand no less respect from their contemporaries, and their peers should willingly give it to them without being told. When you treat your fellow African leaders in a way that you would not treat Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, or Xi Jinping, you are sending out a boomerang that will come back to hit you."

Reno Omokri 

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