Politics
Goodluck Jonathan Advises African Leaders On Industrialization Plan
Jonathan urged the conference to focus on issues as they affect the continent especially in the areas of corruption, insecurity and come out with practicable recommendations. He explained, “Whenever you mention security, I always remember that sometimes when you look at the characters that carry the weapons in turbulent areas, including the Northern part of Nigeria, you see a young person carrying AK 47 equivalent of 1000 U.S. dollars.”
Jonathan then went on to say, “But the total thing he wears in the body is not up to 50 U.S. dollars; so where is the money coming from that they use in buying these weapons to kill and increase our problems…. We need to find out if there are external forces that don’t want Africa to grow by providing these weapons…. So we should all work as a team and share knowledge on social financial options for regional infrastructure projects.” He then expressed the hope that good industrialization plan and trade would help to consolidate the positive economic growth witnessed in the region.
Source: allAfrica
