”African Countries should work together and stop depending on foreign aid” – Nana Akufo-Addo
Former president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has called for cooperation among African countries to tackle their challenges.
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Speaking on Thursday during the unveiling of the book “A Journey in Service,” the autobiography of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida who served as Head of State from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. Akufo-Addo said that African nations should not rely on foreign aid for survival.
He added that C0VID-19 p@ndemic made some nations to be independent.
He said: “There is no such thing as charity in international relations. Nobody is going to give you vaccines until their own needs have been fully satisfied.
African countries therefore need to cooperate with each other and not count on aid from the international community.
That is why Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and others have taken the responsibility of manufacturing their own vaccines.”
Speaking further, Nana Akufo-Addo said that C0VID-19 era should be a wake-up call to many African leaders.
He said Global leaders need to admit the urgency of the infrastructural deficiency in our countries, especially in the health sector, as was exposed by the p@ndemic.
Several leaders including President Bola Tinubu, ex-president Goodluck, former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalami Abubakar among others attended the event and donated towards the development of the IBB presidential library.
