The African Paradigm By Miracle ihuoma

If you were asked "What is the problem of Africa?" what will be your sincere answer? Africa as far as I am concerned by potential is suppose to be the greatest continent on planet earth yet it is the poorest. What a paradox!

The greatest mineral resources are in African soil ranging from crude oil to gold, silver, limestone, zinc, and so on. Yet the first four poorest countries in the world are African countries. Using Nigeria as a case study, she is the sixth largest oil producing country in the world but at the same time the 26th poorest country in the world.

At the same time, a country like Singapore has no natural resource, I mean not even one but she is rated as a developed or first world country. The present world power as she is called- The United States of America, does not have half of the natural resources most poor African nations have. So what makes the difference if not what a country has?

Well, the silver lining between a country like Singapore and a country like Nigeria, a country like America and a country like Somalia is what we want to talk about.

African's problem cannot be encapsulated ideally in one word that is not "IGNORANCE". You can't give me any other reason why a continent that is blessed with such natural resources would not be able to convert it to its material equivalent. What else will make leaders of a country (Nigeria) during the pre-colonial times sell its people to slavery in exchange for things like powder and mirror if not "gross ignorance". God was not wrong when he said "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge". Not for lack of prayers and fasting, if it were, Africa would have been the greatest continent because I don't think that there are so much churches as we have in Africa. I tell you the truth and i lie not. if lack of prayers were the problem of Nigeria, our problem would have been long solved. If prayers repaired roads, I'm not sure there will be any un tarred road in Nigeria. Nigeria and Africa are places of high religions which I guess has compounded our problems. But no! Prayers cannot take the place of knowledge!
Our Generation can make a change. Embrace knowledge in education its a power we all need.
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