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ALHAJI BAMANGA #MUHAMMAD TUKUR (CON) ENDORSES #endXENOPHOBIA CHARITY CONCERT, THEME SONG, AMBASSADORS AND DAY BY ONE UNITED AFRICA.


President of the African Business Roundtable and foremost pan-Africanist, Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group from (1975- 1982), former Governor of Gongola State, Dr Bamanga Tukur yesterday joined the list of eminent personalities who have endorsed the #Xenophobia Concert and theme song among other initiatives being organised to drum up pan African and global consciousness against the recent black on black violence in in South Africa.

Receiving a delegation of the organisers, One United Africa, led by Congressman Bimbo Daramola, Tukur expressed great shock that Africa which should by now be reaping the gains of various bilateral and multilateral collaborations between various countries, is now having to deal with distraction that black on black violence sadly constitutes.

According to him, the vision and ideals of pioneer African leaders for cooperation, integration and development, should by now have yielded sufficient dividends to move the continent forward.

Dr.Bamanga Tukur who expressed his reluctance to comment on contemporary issues of whatever kind, said he was encouraged to to break his silence because of his conviction that African unity can still be rediscovered as captured by the initiatives of the ONE UNITED AFRICA group.

He saluted the initiative of the organisers of the proposed charity concert which will have a theme song by foremost music artistes in Africa. The #Xenophobia Project is equally canvassing the dedication of a day on the continent as Anti Xenophobia Day by the African Union. It also aims at raising ambassadors for the campaign against xenophobia and the production of a documentary. He acknowledged their effort in trying to rejig Africa's collective conscience to the strands that bind the continent together.

The elder statesman who served as Minister of Industries in Nigeria and Chairman Ports Authority, promised to deploy his goodwill in rallying support for the success of the programme.

The Project equally hopes to deploy some of the charity concert to support the rehabilitation of victims by way of providing complementary funding for business start-ups.

He urged all men of good will to get on board to save and defend the unity of Africa, because tge consequences of taking the unity of Africa for granted may be irreversible in a negative sence.

It will be recalled that the ONE UNITED AFRICA had earlier been formally endorsed by, President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR, Nigeria's former President, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Similarly, the House of Representatives Committee on Cooperation and Intergration in Africa and Ovation Magazine have also bought into the project.

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Lanre Aribisala
Director of Communications and Information
#ONEUNITEDAFRICA