VIDEO: ‘Africa Is Key To The future’ – President Tinubu Tells World Leaders At UNGA

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged world leaders to work with African Nations as he signposted the readiness of Nigeria and other African nations to welcome genuine foreign partners.

VerseNews reports that the President while delivering his speech at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York also appealed to leaders to renew their commitment to invest in Africans as they are the key to the worlds future.

According to Tinubu; As for Africa, we seek to be neither appendage nor patron. We do not wish to replace old shackles with new wounds.”

“Instead, we hope to walk the rich African soil and live under the magnificent African sky free of the wrongs of the past and clear of the associated compromises.  We desire a beautiful, prosperous, vibrant, democratic living space for our people.”

“We will do it. To the rest of the world, I say, work with us as true friends and partners. Africa is not a problem to be avoided, nor is it to be pitied. Africa is nothing less than the key to the world’s future.  I thank you for listening.”

He contined; ”The question is not whether Nigeria is open for business. The question is how much of the world is truly open to doing business with Nigeria and Africa in an equal, mutually beneficial manner.

“Direct investment in critical industries, opening their ports to a wider range and larger quantity of African exports and meaningful debt relief are important aspects of the cooperation we seek.”

He also affirmed democratic governance “as the best guarantor of the sovereign will and well-being of the people. Military coups are wrong, as is any tilted civilian political arrangement that perpetuates injustice.

“Regarding Niger, we are negotiating with the military leaders. As Chairman of ECOWAS, I seek to help re-establish democratic governance in a manner that addresses the political and economic challenges confronting that nation, including the violent extremists who seek to foment instability in our region. I extend a hand of friendship to all who genuinely support this mission.”

“The wave crossing parts of Africa does not demonstrate favour towards coups. It is a demand for solutions to perennial problems.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu expressed a commitment to collaborate with strategic partners to facilitate extensive distribution and production of gas-burning stoves as part of a concerted effort to combat the adverse impacts of climate change in Nigeria.

“African nations will fight climate change, but we must do so on our terms. To achieve the needed popular consensus, this campaign must accord with our overall economic efforts. In Nigeria, we shall build political consensus by highlighting remedial actions which also promote the broader economic good.

“Projects such as ‘The Great Green Wall’ to stop desert encroachment; halting the destruction of our forests through the mass production and distribution of gas-burning stoves; and the provision of employment through local water management and irrigation projects are examples of efforts that equally advance both economic and climate change objectives simultaneously.

“Continental efforts regarding climate change will register important victories, only if established economies were more forthcoming with public and private sector investment for Africa’s preferred projects and initiatives.”

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