Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said on Friday that there are giant strides recorded across Africa but there are still challenges to overcome for which reasons, “we need partnerships that help to tackle climate change, address security concerns, promote economic prosperity, combat disease, and improve governance”.
He also noted that there is now in place an African Continental Free Trade Area agreement to fast-track economic transformation just as the continent is making giant strides in agriculture, manufacturing, and digital technology. He added that in Nigeria for instance, 6 unicorns have emerged in the past six years.
On the climate change challenge, Prof. Osinbajo acknowledged that “it is now common knowledge that Africa contributes least to climate change but has been most negatively affected by it. We must not allow this worrying situation to be compounded further by global inaction, processes and rules that make it difficult for Africa to adapt to climate change or indeed to develop.”
“We are emphatic in our view that natural gas which Africa has in abundance must be accepted as a transition fuel. Moves in the international community especially by development finance institutions to defund gas projects will have severe implications in the medium to long-term for African economies and will slow down the process of phasing out more polluting fuels such as coal, diesel, and heavy fuel oil ,” he added.
Africa need to be free from mind and ideological slavery more than international partnership that opens the window for destroying her through bad leadership.
Very correct my able VP
No , i don't believe you sir , our biggest problem is leadership
International partnership indeed! Partnership that will end up milking our resources and creating more difficulty. The so called international bodies are interested not in helping us but on what they will gain thereby looting us once more just like they did back in d years.
Shameless people
We need more of ourself to tackle terrorism not Foreigners ,change begins from TOP to BOTTOM.
Baba Abeg rest we don hear u tired
Africa needs to tackle its corrupt leaders and terrorism will end.