President Bola Tinubu has declared that African nations will no longer accept a situation in which human rights advocacy is used by developed 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 expense of African stability and wealth creation.
The President, according to a release issued on Thursday by his Media Adviser, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, who spoke while meeting with United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at his UN Headquarters Office in New York City said: “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.”
