Africa will no longer watch foreigners plunder its resources, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said yesterday.
To halt illegal exploitation of the continent’s mineral resources by external forces, he sought United Nations’ backing in the fight against elements he described as ‘resource thieves.’
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said African countries will henceforth, be aggressive in the fight against smuggling of natural resources from the continent’s shores. President Tinubu lamented how 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.
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