Shugaban Najeriya Bola Tinubu ya bar Abuja zuwa ƙasar Faransa a ranar Lahadi, inda ya fara ziyarar aiki ta ƙasashe uku da ta haɗa da Kenya da Ruwanda. Jirgin shugaban ƙasar ya tashi daga filin jirgin sama na Nnamdi Azikiwe da ke Abuja da yammacin ranar, sannan fadar shugaban ƙasar ta ce zai fara yada zango ne a Faransa kafin ya wuce Nairobi, babban birnin Kenya.
Fadar shugaban ƙasar ta ce Tinubu zai halarci taron ƙasashen Afrika da Faransa daga ranar 11 zuwa 12 ga watan Mayu. Ziyarar, a cewar fadar, na da nufin ƙarfafa dangantakar tattalin arziki da kuma jawo masu zuba jari daga ƙasashen waje, yayin da shugaban ke ci gaba da tafiye-tafiye na diflomasiyya a cikin 2026.
Wannan tafiya ta zo ne a lokaci guda da wasu manyan labarai a siyasar cikin gida da suka kunno kai a Najeriya. Tsoffin jiga-jigan adawa Peter Obi da Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso sun koma jam'iyar NDC bayan ficewa daga ADC, a cikin sauya sheƙar da aka danganta da rikice-rikicen shugabanci a jam'iyyar. Obi ya kasance tsohon ɗantakarar shugaban Najeriya a zaɓen 2023, yayin da Kwankwaso ya bar ADC ya koma NDC tare da shi a shekarar 2023.
A jihar Gombe kuma, jam'iyar APC mai mulki ta zaɓi Dr. Jamilu Ishiyaku a matsayin wanda zai mata takarar gwamna a zaɓen 2027. Wannan mataki ya nuna yadda jam'iyyu ke fara shirin sake fafatawa tun kafin lokaci ya yi, a daidai lokacin da Tinubu ke ƙoƙarin nuna Najeriya a matsayin ƙasa mai buɗe kofa ga hulɗar kasashen waje da saka jari.
A wani labarin da ya ƙara ɗaukar hankali a ranar, tsohon wakilin sashen Hausa na VOA, Saleh Shehu Ashaka, ya rasu bayan doguwar rashin lafiya. Haka kuma, aikace-aikacen jigilar maniyyata aikin Hajji ya soma da ɗaukar maniyyata 473 daga jihar Kogi zuwa Saudi Arabia daga Abuja. A wajen kaddamar da jigilar, Shettima ya ce: “You are ambassadors of Nigeria. You carry with you the image of our nation and the dignity of our people. Let your conduct reflect discipline, humility, patience, and integrity,” kalaman da suka jaddada nauyin da ke kan maniyyatan yayin tafiyarsu.
Abin da ke ɗaukar hankali yanzu shi ne yadda Tinubu zai raba lokacinsa tsakanin taron da zai halarta a Faransa da ziyarar da zai kai Nairobi da Ruwanda, a daidai lokacin da siyasar gida ke canzawa cikin sauri. Idan manufar tafiyar ita ce jan jari da ƙarfafa dangantaka, gwajin zai kasance ko gwamnatin za ta iya juya wannan tafiya ta waje zuwa sakamako mai gani a gida.
