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OBAMA'S VISIT TO AFRICA; MOTIVES EXPOSED. President Barack Obama has recently written his name again in history as the first American Leader to address the African Union. The African Union which has 54 Countries in membership and it's exclusively for Africa for the purposes of; 1. To achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and Africans. 2.To defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States. 3. To accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent. 4. To promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples. 5. To encourage international cooperation, taking due account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 6. To promote peace, security, and stability on the continent. 7.To promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance. 8. To promote and protect human and peoples' rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other relevant human rights instruments. 9. To establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations. 10. To promote sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies. 11. To promote co-operation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples. 12. To coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union. 13. To advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology. 14. To work with relevant international partners in the eradication of preventable diseases and the promotion of good health on the continent. What a lofty ideologies behind the formation of AU. Africa is also the largest black race globally. President Obama while addressing the Union described Africa as "one of the fastest growing regions in the world". He also addressed issues of great interest to Africa ranging from Politics, Economic development, Security to Human Rights. Well, I must confess, the man " Obama" is well blessed with the art and logic of rhetorics. He started with a hype of how fast Africa is growing along side other parts of the world. Thank you for reminding our leaders to "Empower the youths and women" into entrepreneurship. Seeing it as a tool for alleviating what he termed " the cancer of corruption ". That we have noted, if our leaders today do not do it, we will do it when we become leaders. Obama also identified insecurity as one of the biggest challenges which however remains unresolved. Indeed some terror groups like al-shabaab in Somalia and Boko haram in Nigeria is continuing to take lives and disrupt our peaceful coexistence each passing day. But Mr President, what has been the contribution of America towards alleviating these insurgencies? Because I can vividly recall sometime in November 2014, when America refused selling amours to Nigeria to aid them fight these Islamic extremists. Nigeria then turned their ally from America. Hmmmmmm that was not the first time sha... America had refused giving Africa (Nigeria) their anti-ebola vaccine to help save lives in West Africa during the Ebola virus spread. (Still wondering why it was an American citizen who brought the Ebola virus to Nigeria). We are not also unaware of your recent romance with Buhari the new President of Nigeria in the pretense of helping him fight corruption. America that I know are "Pragmatist" who does nothing for nothing, what do you need in return? Nelson Mandela has been a great African worthy of emulation to other African leaders and the world at large as identified by President Obama who called on African leaders to respect term limits in office. I wonder if leaders preceding these guys stayed as Presidents for life if the would have such opportunities of becoming presidents. These message is for dictators whom I know will soon learn their lessons the hard way. Speaking on human rights he called on Africa to embrace democracy and respect freedom of speech, advising that journalists and activists should be allowed to do their jobs. In his words “Democracy is not just formal elections,” Obama said to a resounding applause. “When journalists are put behind bars for doing their jobs, or activists are threatened as governments crack down on civil society, then you may have democracy in name, but not in substance.” In Kenya, he lectured Uhuru Kenyatta not to discriminate people based on the same sex law but thank God he got an instant reply that to Africa, gay rights is a "non-issue", it is punishable by our laws and it is a taboo in our culture. One may wonder, did Obama come to Africa to imposs gay marriage on us? No!, not really, but since the gay right is making America loose most of their allies to China a country who is fast taking over the " WORLD POWER FROM AMERICA " he came to make Africa see no crime in the gay right. He is a students of Robert Greene, putting into practice his "48 Laws of Power: Law 14: Pose as a friend, work as a spy". Obama means no good for Africa, he sees Africa as a means towards maintaining America's position as world power. It's high time Africa learned their lessons from their first colonisation history and never allow Obama to bring the second part of his oppression plan. The African Union is a better platform where African leaders should sit and address the issues of Africa. God created us equal, we can become world power if we overcome fear and infirority complex. Develop our technologies, build our automobiles, weapons etc. Africa is a great and blessed continent. Let's be our Masons and build our Africa. If America loves human rights that much, how do they threat whites who are killing the blacks? Written by Comrade Ini-obong Uko Vice President (South-South) National Association of University Students (NAUS) Nigeria. 30/07/2015 1 Share
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