Nigeria should have handled Canada denying CDS Musa’s visa better

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  • Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and other military leaders were recently denied a visa to go to Canada
  • The development has been generating mixed reactions from Nigerians who have condemned the situation while others called for diplomatic solutions
  • Omotayo Yusuf, a public commentator, in an exclusive interview with TheTalk.NG, opined that two narratives were involved and explained why Nigeria should have handled it better without the media outbursts

Omotayo Yusuf has called for a diplomatic resolution as Canada denies Christopher Musa and other military chiefs visas
Photo Credit: @DefenceInfoNGSource: TwitterTwo things involved in denial visa to CDSHow to solve military chiefs’ visa denial”I think there are lots of intricacies in the denial of visas to the Nigerian military chief. On one hand, some people are claiming the Nigerian military failed to present all diplomatic documents that would have accorded the military chiefs to travel to Canada. I have also read that this could be the result of an indictment on the part of the military chiefs that foreign countries and foreign organisations have sponsoring terrorism. So, we have two narratives as to why this has happened. “I do think that this could have been better handled before it became a media circus. If there were documentation that was not provided, the Canadian government would have handled the situation better. The Nigerian contingency could have also handled this better. Canada is one of our international partners, there is a growing Nigerian in Diaspora in Canada. “So, we cannot deny the sort of relationship that exists between the two countries, but I do think this is an insult to Nigeria, I don’t see the same happening in the other way where Nigeria is denying diplomatic contingencies entry or providing them visa into the country but I feel this could have been properly managed before it became a media circus.”CDS Musa shares cash with soldiers

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