President Bola Tinubu asserted, on Wednesday in New York, that
African nations will no longer accept a situation in which human
rights advocacy is used by wealthy and powerful nations to stop
developing economies from dealing decisively with malign actors
who illicitly siphon and smuggle out the continent’s vast mineral
resources while smuggling in western-made weapons, which enrich
the wealthiest economies in the world at the parasitic expense of
African stability and wealth creation.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale,
the President said this while meeting with United Nations
Secretary-General, António Guterres, at his UN Headquarters Office
in New York City.
“We are facing the great challenge of scavengers ravaging our
lands and oppressing our people on illegal mines—taking our gold
and mineral wealth back to developed economies by stealth and
violence against Nigerians. Where one’s human right ends, the
rights of another begin. Most especially for self-protection. If we
fight, they say ‘human rights,’ but we will now be aggressive and we
will question motives. We will stop what is happening in our land.
We require your effective collaboration,” the President firmly stated.
The Nigerian leader noted that the United Nations must transform
from being one of the world’s foremost talkshops to discuss global
issues into becoming the world’s foremost action coordination
center, saying that a situation in which 70% of the resources being
devoted to the world’s poorest countries are being spent and sent
back out on overheads and administrative costs, will defeat the
purpose and objectives of the organization where help is needed
most.
“The poverty ravaging our continent and the question of security
and counter-terrorism requires us to work in close and effective
synergy. The world will ignore Nigeria at its own peril. If we engage
in talkshops as real challenges wreak real havoc in real time, we
will fail. The time to strike is now. The time to achieve real results
is now. I fought for democracy. I was detained for democracy. I am
now President and I am determined to prove that democracy can
provide the development that our nation and our continent so
urgently demands.
“Trace those of us here to our foundations and you will find that we
have ties and links with poverty. We must not be ashamed of that
history, but poverty is unacceptable. I am one of the lucky survivors
of gripping poverty. Nigeria is truly a giant. 240 million people and
counting with a massive youth population. We are done saying too
much. We seek much action. We have arisen out of poverty as
individuals, but until our people have arisen out of that, we will not
rest, even if it requires decisions at home that make me temporarily
unpopular,” the President affirmed.

In response, the UN Secretary-General emphasised that the UN
system was in the process of real reform that will largely address
some of the institutional frailties and lack of decision-making
power for the developing world, on whose behalf more than 75% of
UN resources are accrued.
“We now recognize the need to reform the institution to represent
the world as it is today. The questions of debt and SDRs. The fact
that middle-income countries have only marginal access to
concessional funding. In the SDGs Summit, we believe we have a
growing political consensus and now, a declaration, in this regard.
We are pursuing this with great determination,” the UN Secretary-
General said.
The UN Secretary-General further assured President Tinubu of the
fullest support of the UN system for ECOWAS in light of the series
of military coups which have occured in the West African sub-
region in the past few months and years.
“Mr. President, we have high expectations for your presidency after
the many bold steps you have taken. Nigeria is an indispensable
voice in the sub-region. We will give you every support needed for
your success to be achieved. Your success is Africa’s success, and
we wish you well,” the UN leader concluded.
https://leadership.ng/tinubu-calls-on-un-to-back-africas-fight-against-resource-smuggling/

mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun nlfpmod

good development and well said the Jagaban of Africa

Okay

Why only resource smuggling?

What of white powder nko?

ManirBK:
good development and well said the Jagaban of Africa

What of their greedy looting habits?

Their nepotistic tribalistic way of life?

Or is it a thing of culture

Let them start with the billion bullion van

Action speaks louder than words.