By Henry Oduah

Senator Adamu Garba on Monday said the proposed scrapping of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spells good news for Africa.

Garba stated this in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter) amid comments from head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, that he was “in the process” of “shutting down” USAID.

USAID employees are being placed on administrative leave while the agency’s chief of staff had long resigned.

An internal email obtained by ABC News on Monday stated that employees normally assigned to the USAID headquarters would work remotely except for those with essential on-site duties.

Musk has been vocal about his stance on USAID, calling it “a criminal organization” on social media.

Speaking on the proposed dismantling of the US agency, Garba said: “This is one of the very good news for Africa because USAID is actually a weapon of unconventional warfare that is being conducted by United States Special Operations Forces that carry out unconventional method of psychological manipulation and also support insurgency and irregular warfare against Africans.”

The former lawmaker accused the USAID of sponsoring terrorist organisations.

“If the dismantling and scrapping of USAID is successfully completed you will see almost peace and security in Africa. All these banditry, killing and destruction, the weapons they get to carry out these operations will dry up,” Garba said.