Ex-Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has opined that being sidelined by United States President, Donald Trump is exactly what the African continent needs.

He stated that “we need to wake up and stop moaning about what Trump means for Africa”.

Moghalu, in a post on his official X handle on Sunday, January 26, 2024, stated that Africa needs to take its destiny into its own hands.

He wrote: “Being sidelined by Trump is exactly what Africa needs. We need to wake up and stop moaning about what Trump ‘means for Africa’.

“Africa needs to take its destiny into its own hands and chart its own course. Just tired of the ‘what Trump means for Africa’ discourse of dependency.”