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NIGERIA GOVERNMENT BOUGHT 1.4 BILLION WORTH VEHICLES TO NIGER REPUBLIC: FOREIGN POLICY OR PREBENDALISM?

NIGERIA GOVERNMENT BOUGHT 1.4 BILLION WORTH VEHICLES TO NIGER REPUBLIC: FOREIGN POLICY OR PREBENDALISM? In simple terms, Foreign Policy can be defined as what government of a country chooses to do or not to do in relation to other countries of the world. In this case, the Nigeria foreign policy towards the Republic of Niger is to buy some vehicles for the country?  Several questions are begging for answers: was the government right to approve and release such money for the procurement of such vehicles to the Niger Republic in light of our present economic realities? Why Niger? Is the Nigeria president using Nigeria resources to fund the government of Niger? Is it a form of political obligation between President Buhari and the president Niger having being instrumental in the election of the former? What is so special about Niger that we've to construct railway lines to the country and now we've to buy them vehicles? Of what purpose are the vehicles bought for? What does Nigeria