President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the partnership between the African continent and France has yielded fruits in so many positive ways but that France can do more to help Africa overcome its challenges.


In a statement issued at the 27th Africa-France Summit for Partnership, Peace and Emergence taking place in Bamako, Mali, President Buhari said:”Notably, France has been playing important roles in the areas of development as well as peace and security on the African continent.

While so many gains have been made, challenges such as terrorism, maritime insecurity, trafficking in persons, trafficking in weapons, drugs, cyber insecurity, illicit financial flows, and infrastructural deficit continue to militate against Africa’s comprehensive infrastructural and economic development which also hinder its emergence as an important player in global affairs.”

He, therefore, called for a strengthening of African Defence mechanisms such that the continent will be able to transform decisions arising from the Partnership into concrete action plans that will help Africa confront and overcome its challenges.

“In particular, our cooperation should strengthen our Defence in the context of African Peace and Security Architecture as well as in the areas of intelligence sharing, capacity building and acquisition of military hardware needed to confront the security challenges of the African continent.”

The Nigerian President also called for intensification of efforts that will stimulate the African economy, address social imbalance and steer its youths away from high risk and unproductive ventures.

“Efforts should also be geared towards the development and emergence of the continent through investments in critical sectors such as Education, Power, Solid Minerals, Agriculture and ICT.

This will enable African economies to spur productivity and create employment, thereby addressing some of the socio-economic conditions that contribute to gender inequality, radicalism and youth restiveness, as well as the push factors that make our citizens embark on dangerous illegal migration to Europe in search of ‘greener’ pastures,” the President said.

While declaring that African countries were taking their own destinies in their own hands by mobilizing resources , President Buhari hoped that the Partnership will still do more for Africa: “As we continue to mobilize for our own sustainable, predictable and transparent sources of finance that would help the continent pursue its peace, security and development efforts, and address the infrastructural deficit impeding development on the continent, there is the need for this Partnership to continue to assist Africa on how to finance its development.”

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Lalasticlala mynd44 Dominique

Our presido is too blind to see wat we are seeing

My Presido. Sai Baba

Just like they helped all the other impoverished francophone countries? I'm all for trade and investments but let's not go crazy now.

Our leaders happily selling us to foreign nations since money was invented.

Almajiri mentality in government. You beg America for arms to fight boko haram, you travel to China to beg for loans to fund your useless budget, you are in London begging for grants to survive, you beg India to buy your oil then the next week, you are in Bamako begging France to help you "overcome your challenges", that is after you have begged her last year to help you with defeating militants.. You have been begging since your encounter with the white man.. After independence, you only entrenched the begging culture..., shamelessly. You are leading a country of almost 200 million people , yet galvanizing this multitude of humans to solve the country's problem is rocket science to you.. You prefer to beg, beg and beg.., cap in hand. When you are a product of a begging culture..., used to begging, you just cant stop begging.. Almajiri politics..

Relationship of a leader to a leader should be seen as equal partnership and not as servant to a boss .Leader should guide the sovereignty of her nation jealously. Looking for help outside your nation to help you govern your people is out of selling yourself
as puppet government.
When will our leaders raise their head high among equals ? When would they stop wearing inferiority complex? Nobody can make someone inferior without his consent.
GB should stop believing in white preferring solutions to her nation problems.There are sincere talents left on used here .Adesina in Jonathan regime in agriculture is a living example.When the right person is sourced for a post it enhances the good performance of a ruler .Not this type of appointment for compensation to come and scoop from the nation commonwealth.
Stop looking for what you can see from your"sokoto"pocket in Sokoto .

This man is just a cow..

J

like this post when you site the man who doesnt have any fvcks to give in the last pic...hint below

A fool at 74, is a fool for-ever!

realy??..

I don't understand this people, why can't Africans help themselves to overcome their challenges? Who does this countries a whole continent run to for help go to for their own solution to challenges? Thats the questions you blockhead leaders should be asking, not sheepishly follow anyone who calls you like ewu awusa

These are bunch of inconsequential of ninnies.

This ba-ba-yalla don carry him begy begy almajiri plate face France just now?

Ovoko.