UNGA 79: Africa doesn’t need to wait for aids, grant anymore – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has declared that with the abundant resources abound in Africa, especially in the solid minerals, the content does not need to wait for aid and grants from the global community.
President Tinubu also said that with the enormous resources in Africa, the world needs it today more than before.
These among others were contained in his keynote address at the high-level event of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group, “Africa’s Natural Resources Shaping the Future” on Tuesday in New York, USA.
The President, who was represented by his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima said Africans have learned from the experiences of the slave trade and commodity export.
He said that the continent can see the persistence of the injustice of unequal trade relations despite the agreements between the ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific) countries and the European Union or the United States program, AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act), or even the ongoing implementation of trade agreements.
The Nigerian President said that it was with utmost conviction that the great people of Africa have reached a critical moment in their long struggle for social, economic and political independence, adding, “Now is our time to seize the chance to change the narratives that have been our lot that I stand before you today to set a new agenda of transformation.”
He said the beautiful fact of Africa’s ugly past of colonial and neo-colonial exploitation was that before the continent was plundered and overpowered with the technological innovation of the gun, “our ancestors and their counterparts from europe were friends, business allies and mutual sovereigns.
