Prof. Amadu Sesay of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin on Friday said Britain's decision to leave the European Union would have negative consequences on Nigeria.

The don said with the exit, there was going to be a redefinition of relationship between the new Britain and other countries, including Nigeria. He said Nigeria and other African countries might not have the best of the moment in the relationship.

He said the new Britain would want to look inward and cut cost, especially from most of the assistance it was giving to developing countries. Sesay said UK under Prime Minister David Cameron had been supporting Nigeria in the fight against corruption and insurgency in the North East.

According to him, such support may no longer be in place because the ideology of the new Britain may be to use its resources to develop and take care of its people. While describing the exit as a self inflicted injury, Sesay urged Nigeria and other African countries to explore the advantages it created.

He said Nigeria and others might technically benefit from the exit by making use of some of the advantages such as the devaluation of pound sterling. He said: "With the exit, the Pound Sterling has fallen against the US Dollar, while Euro too has also fallen.

"Investors, immediately, for fear of the unknown, began to move their investments, thinking of relocation and that affected the value of the Pound and it began to fall. "So if the Pound Sterling is falling, it is good for Nigeria. "It is a welcome development at that level."

Sesay, however, called on the government and the financial institutions in Nigeria to begin to plan against any negative fallout from the exit. He said: "We need to put in place the survival strategies.

"Financial institutions have to put in place Plan B. "The Federal Government has to redefine its foreign policy and refocus to be able to relate with the EU and the new Britain."