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Nuckecy 19 December, 2012
Governor Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has charged African
leaders to be selfless and more committed to the unity of the
continent as that was only the way the continent could move away from
internal strifes and wars which have over the years bedeviled the
continent.
Governor Akpabio stated this in his key note address at the breakfast
meeting held in honour of the Africa Lifetime Leadership Prize 2012
awardees in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.
According to Akpabio " the only way the continent of Africa can move
forward and be at par with other continents is for our leaders to be
committed and dedicated to the interest of the continent and by so
doing, the division among the different countries that make up the
continent would be eliminated."
He noted that peace can only be achieved in the continent if there is
a synergy among the different countries, in the area of intelligence
gathering and dissemination so that whatever security challenges that
any of the countries in the continent could be facing would be
countered with a well coordinated force, adding that we should as a
people work for the integration of the whole continent where issues
like citizenship and indigeneship would not be a yard stick for
African to settle and do genuine business in any part of the
continent."
Speaking further Akpabio disclosed that for the needed peace in Africa
to be achieved, " there is the need for Africans to do away with weak,
selfish and corrupt leaders as having these kind of people as leaders
will not move the continent forward.
Akpabio recommended the Brazilian Agricultural Model to the continent,
opining that " if we are able to take care of our food needs there
would be less strife and crimes in our continent. Massive agricultural
production is the only way to curb insurgences in Africa. Availability
of food will to a very large extent, reduce criminality in the
continent."
Speaking at the event, the Executive chairman of multi choice DSTV
Africa, Mr Nolo Latele, advocated massive media content based on the
inherent culture, tradition and language of the continent to other
parts of the world, saying" I strongly advocate for the massive expo
of African culture, language and tradition to the outside world on our
television stations, in order words massive local content in our
programming and broadcast.
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Article publié le Monday, December 24, 2012