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Nigeria’s lack of preparedness for Donald Trump’s presidency is especially noteworthy, given the publication of ‘Project 2025’, a manifesto by the American Right that forms a significant base of the Trump Movement, months before Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination. It’s puzzling that Nigeria didn’t assemble a team of experts, including econometricians, international trade specialists, accountants, lawyers and foreign policy analysts to anticipate and develop potential responses to a Trump victory.

The room was charged with curiosity, frustration, and disbelief. How could a nation so richly endowed with natural resources, blessed with a youthful and talented population, and strategically located on the global map, stagnate—or worse, regress—for over six decades since independence? How could a country with such immense promise and a diaspora of highly skilled professionals devolve into a nation crippled by poverty, injustice, corruption, insecurity, and chronic underdevelopment?

How has First Children of US Presidential families fared over the years? Were there cases where First Children became real assets for their fathers while they were presidents? Or cases that mirror Seyi Tinubu’s disposition and behaviour during his father’s presidency?