I have severally asked myself, what is the problem? I have thought about it severally but sees no solution in sight, Africa, oh my Africa, land of my ancestors, what has gone wrong? What is the problem? Who did this to us? We were told that civilization started in Africa, in fact, science have also shown that life started in Africa, when did we deteriorate to this level? Who took the civilization that started with us away from us?
These and many more questions bugs my mind every single day, these are the questions I seek answers to, the very questions African leaders must please give us answers. It is either they give us answers to these questions now on earth or would have to answer it in heaven or hell which is very certain.
Have you been hearing about Japan/AFRICA Submit? USA/Africa Submit? China/Africa Submit? Turkish/Africa Submit? The current one now is Russia/Africa Submit. These are meetings that one tiny country either in Europe, America or Asia will organize and call all our African leaders and happily they will all match to the very country to discuss African development. African Presidents will go to such meetings with large entourage and happily will begin to send back home pictures of how they signed agreements on how that tiny country will come and develop the whole of Africa.
Currently, we are witnessing pictures of African Presidents signing memoranda with several Russian companies and government bodies on how those companies will come and develop Africa. In my little research, I discovered that as at 2019, the population of Russia stood at 146.3million less than Nigeria alone whose population now is about 200.96million. I also discovered that like Nigeria, the main stay of Russian economy is oil and gas, that Nigeria alone in Africa has more engineers and doctors than Russia and I concluded that with good leadership, we should be the ones leading Russia and not Russia calling all of Africa for meeting on development.
While i am not against Russia as a country, I really do not understand why African leaders will go to Russia to discuss their development. Sometimes I begin to wonder why will it not be European/Africa Submit, Asian/Africa Submit or American/Africa Submit?
With all our Natural resources and scientists, why are we still seen as a very backward continent that any country anywhere can just wake up and call the whole of Africa for a submit and all our presidents will match to that country and begin to send back pictures to us as if they went to the moon? We have had several of these submits before, what is the impact of it in Africa? How well has these submits helped Africa to develop? What have we achieved through these submits other than these countries exporting gardeners, mechanics, and wheelbarrow pushers to us as expatriates? What have we achieved through these submits other than these countries coming to Africa to exploit us the more? What knowledge have they transferred to us other than turning Africa to dumping ground for their inferior and sub-standard products while they take over our industries?
I just heard that Pakistan and Afghanistan are also planing for Afghanistan/Africa Submit, Pakistan/Africa Submit after India must have done their own, what have we turned ourselves to?
Ekpenyong Isaiah-isababa
Commander, Infantry Pen Battallion
isacool4good@yahoo.com
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