The first Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Barau Jibrin, says synergy on all sides is the answer to ending poverty in Africa.
The first deputy speaker told journalists at the ongoing first ordinary session of the sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja that the only problem Africa has is impoverishment which is triggered by certain forces, internal and external.
He said even though every continent is going through its own trajectory, Africa, should strive to utilise all that is available to it to get out of poverty as it has all the mineral resources needed for development.
According to him, West Africa has no reason to be poor because it has all the endowments, but unfortunately, countries that have half of what Africa has are now wealthy countries but not the region.
Senator Barau reminded that nobody will make the continent better but its citizens and as such, they should strive to use God given resources to create enabling environment in agriculture, education, health and all sectors so that they can live comfortably saying that this can be done individually and collectively.
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