Much Ado About G7 Invitation by Naptu2.

There has been some controversy in recent days about the fact that Nigeria was not invited to the 2019 G7 summit in France. Some people have made a crazy and hilarious claim that all important African countries are invited to G7 summits and the fact that Nigeria was not invited shows that it is not an important country on the African continent. I still don't understand Nigerians' obsession with the G7 summit. I don't know citizens of any other African country that go crazy whenever a G7 summit is being held.


Nigeria is not a member of the G7. The G7 is made up of countries with the 7 strongest economies in the world.


The G7 decided to invite some developing countries to their meetings. These invitations are not a right, neither are they a determinant of which country is more important than the other.


The G7 usually invite the immediate past chairman of the African Union (AU), the current chairman of the AU and the incoming chairman of the AU. Sometimes they invite one or two others that are chairmen of subregional organisations, but it's not a determinant of which country is the most important.



The G7 invited Nigeria in 2017, but did not invite South Africa that year. Does that mean that South Africa is unimportant?


List of countries that were invited to the 2017 G7 summit in Italy
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The only African country that the G7 invited to their meeting in 2016 was Chad. Does that mean that Chad is more important than Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa??

List of countries that were invited to the 2016 G7 summit in Japan
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Again, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya were not invited to the 2015 G7 summit. Does that mean that these countries are not important??

List of countries that were invited to the 2015 G7 summit in Germany
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The truth of the matter is that invitation to G7 summits is not a determinant of which country is important and which is not, but instead it is a reflection of the agenda of that particular summit. The host country sets the agenda and guest countries are usually invited based on that agenda.



No African country was invited to the summit in 2012, 2013 and 2014 because issues affecting Africa were not on the agenda at those meetings.



Like I said earlier, it's usually the immediate past chairman of the AU, the current chairman of the AU, the next chairman of the AU and chairmen or a few subregional groups that are invited.


Rwanda was invited to the 2019 summit in its capacity as the former chair of the African Union, Egypt as the current chair, while South Africa was invited as the incoming chair. Senegal was invited as the current leader of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), while Burkina Faso was also invited to the G7 Summit as the chair of G5 Sahel.

Guest countries invited to the 2019 G7 summit in France
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Here is a list of AU chairmen since 2014. You can see that it's usually the chairmen of the AU that are invited. Chad was the only African country that was invited to the 2016 G7 summit because President Idriss Deby was the incoming chairman of the AU at that time and not because it was the most important African country.

Chairmen of the African Union
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dnt mind Rhino Omokirikiri, FFK(diz one nah confarm yeye man. Afta eaten Ipodo yamz leg pusi,he'll bcom CONFUSED and spewed nonsense.And ofcus our fl@theads flying m0r0nsPigs aka children of 8 who doesn't see anything good in Baba Ruga will buy the lies. Tufia!

Ok

Interesting

The point is that no one will invite this your president to any meaningful gathering cause he wont have anything useful to say


Have you forgotten that President Trump he doesn't ever want to meet someone like that again?

KingsCity:
The point is that no one will invite this your president to any meaningful gathering cause he wont have anything useful to say


Have you forgotten that President Trump he doesn't ever want to meet someone like that again?

And yet he was invited to the G7 summit twice, 2015 and 2017 (check the lists above).

Thanks for the clarification..... But people no dey sleep?

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...you can imagine the 2015-2016 invited AU Chairman... ...no wonder they change the invitations list yearly...(to sleep well again!)
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Then why is it that Nigeria did not merit any of the positions that qualifies them for the G7

Some people that have no sense will surely come out with a way to disagree with you. Nigeria was invited twice under this administration i wonder if they want him to be invited annually as if he is a member .I just tire for my people I swear !

Our brothers from the right hand..those FBI of a thing wont let us hear word with thier G7 tory

wake up from your slumber op and demand good governance. .. The crumbs you are taking right now to defend the indefensible will not save you when bandits / herdsmen reach your door step.. Or when you are kidnapped along kaduna /Abuja express way.. Nigeria has lost and is still loosing international relevance & you choose to be blinded by the crumb falling off your masters table...
You import sawdust as a nation and you want to be invited to g7?
Wake up my brother wake up!!

Reno wey sick

How much were you paid to write this?

naptu2:


And yet he was invited to the G7 summit twice, 2015 and 2017 (check the lists above).

osinbajo even represented him in one. To show the president is not even caught in the hype of all this.

Bubu is the most lifeless president in the history of the world,,, I was told he can't hold a conversation for 5mins.
Am not a member of any party but osinbajo has international features

KingsCity:
The point is that no one will invite this your president to any meaningful gathering cause he wont have anything useful to say


Have you forgotten that President Trump he doesn't ever want to meet someone like that again?

Very obvious that you chose not to read and comprehend.

akilo1:
Our brothers from the right hand..those FBI of a thing wont let us hear word with thier G7 tory

People wey suppose keep shut. No mind them

Henrywill247:
Then why is it that Nigeria did not merit any of the positions that qualifies them for the G7

Good question.

mayweather145:
osinbajo even represented him in one. To show the president is not even caught in the hype of all this.

Yes. He was invited in 2017, but he fell ill and was on medical vacation when the summit was held, so Osinbajo represented him.


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Reno understood the intellectual configuration of the average IPOB youths and most of their brains have been corroded with hate and even their university graduates most times are caught in the web of cluelessness.

Firstly, it was Kanu propagating the news about a cloned 76 year old Jubril of Sudan and one wonders how almost 70% of the SE (IPOB) believed that absurd claim which defies normal human logic.

Currently, the stupidity reached the highest height when some unscrupulous entities claimed Buhari was not in Japan and one will but wonder how low a people can go to with such magnitude of mental incapabilities.

Little research on the prime minister of Japan social media page will relief the ignorant people that Buhari was truly in Japan coz the pics of all the invited presidents was on the prime minister’s page.

Reno understood that most of his fan base are intellectually handicapped, and coz they have been re-born with a culture of first degree hate they will believe any absurd claim even if it’s from the devil.

@OP, trying to educate these guys will just be like trying to beat a dead pig coz no matter how much you try they will always wallow in their self-created lies coz hatred is what fuels their passion.

Is Nigeria really a country in their eyes?

Pls has anyone been able to apply for NDLEA recruitment here ??.. Having difficulty doing that

Henrywill247:
Then why is it that Nigeria did not merit any of the positions that qualifies them for the G7

Fountainofyouth:



Good question.

There are 52 countries in Africa! Nigeria has held those positions many times (Nigeria was invited to the summit in 2015 and 2017) and it is not the only country on the continent. Therefore it is not going to hold those positions all the time.

Already, smaller countries accuse the big 4 (Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) of trying to monopolise positions on the continent. Won't others also hold those positions? Was there anything wrong when South Africa did not hold those positions? Are we going to hold those positions all the time??

naptu2:




There are 52 countries in Africa! Nigeria has held those positions many times (Nigeria was invited to the summit in 2015 and 2017) and it is not the only country on the continent. Therefore it is not going to hold those positions all the time.

Already, smaller countries accuse the big 4 (Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) of trying to monopolise positions on the continent. Won't others also hold those positions? Was there anything wrong when South Africa did not hold those positions? Are we going to hold those positions all the time??

Pls read my previous comment, don't ask me silly questions, this is the present not the past, don't be comparing S.A to Nigeria abeg, we nor suppose dey same league if not for bad leaders, don't justify the obvious.

Fountainofyouth:
[s]An overflogged issue, of course na Mynd44 go push am to front page with no comments at all, awon zombies them,

Don't bring up past summit to justify the fact that Buhari was not invited, it is a shame to the largest country in Africa with supposedly the largest economy, the theme of this year's summit as stated in G-7 official Web page said “In addition to South Africa, four countries playing a leading role on the continent and which are players in multilateral cooperation, committed to preserving biodiversity and ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change, are also invited to the Biarritz Summit and to several preparatory meetings.”

Key word to note is "playing major roles in the continent" meaning naija still dey among the small leagues, as in we nor reach for economy, scientific, multilateral or intercountry development, nothing nothing, we just dey there for Africa like that, y'all defending bullshit should hide in shame for real.[/s]

If this helps you sleep at night then it's ok.

Commentor:


If this helps you sleep at night then it's ok.

Lol is that a rebuttal or your brain can't think of a counter comment?

Pentasoft1978:
How much were you paid to write this?

Was I paid when I busted the lie that Goodluck Jonathan was not properly received in China in 2013??

The fact is that your lies won't work here when I'm around. I don't give a damn whether you are APC, PDP, QRX or WYB, if you post lies I will bust them.

https://www.nairaland.com/1354229/welcoming-ceremony-president-jonathan-china

Fountainofyouth:



Pls read my previous comment, don't ask me silly questions, this is the present not the past, don't be comparing S.A to Nigeria abeg, we nor suppose dey same league if not for bad leaders, don't justify the obvious.

"Don't compare Nigeria to SA", yet you are stressing the fact that SA was at the 2019 summit and Nigeria was not?

In other words, you have no response

naptu2:


In other words, you have no response

My previous comment is your response, I am waiting for a counter response from you.