May 14 2020 | The Biafra Telegraph
I think is time we speak up and die or we continue
suffering and smiling. The African Continent is blessed with a rich bounty of
natural resources. The Continent holds around 80% of the world’s known mineral
reserves. These include coal, granite, tin, Copper, Black Gold (crude oil),
diamond, Gold, Cobalt, uranium, and significant oil and gas etc.
Given this natural wealth, it comes as no surprise that
with the tripling of global mineral and oil prices in the past decade, mining
has exploded on the African continent. Over the period 2008 to 2016 resource
extraction contributed more that 30 percent of Africa's GDP, while the annual
flow of foreign direct investment into Africa increased from $9 billion to $62
billion (most of this into extractive industries).
However, despite being so richly endowed, and despite the
mining boom of the past decade, Africa has drawn little benefit from this
mineral wealth and remains one the poorest continents on the globe, with almost
fifty per cent of the population living on less than $1.25 per day.
Exploitation and Corruption
So, why is it that a continent with such vast potential
wealth can remain so poor? It's in large part down to 'Illicit financial
flows'. The illegal movements of money or capital from one country to another.
The exploitation of mineral resources has all too often
led to corruption, and a large proportion of the continent's resources and
revenues benefitting local and foreign elites rather than the general
population. Trade mispricing (and in particular transfer pricing and trade
misinvoicing) is the most common way of transferring illicit funds abroad.
Through trade mispricing companies seek to maximise
profits artificially through maximising expenses in high tax jurisdictions and
maximising revenue and income in low tax jurisdictions. This enables
corporations to minimise tax payments illegally and transfer the funds abroad.
Such illicit flows undermine social development and stymy
inclusive economic growth. Instead of investing resource revenues into
improving infrastructure, health and education, political elites, often in
collusion with mining companies, have siphoned off proceeds from the
continent's mineral and oil wealth – lining their own pockets, to the detriment
of ordinary Africans.
However, we can’t continue this suffering and smiling
altitude. Are you aware the West & South (America, Britain, China, Germany,
Japan, France, Italy and the rest solemnly depend on Africa continent for
survival while Africans were fooled to depend on them for survival. They claim
to be clever but they are the problem of Africa.
Oh Yes! We can’t continue blaming the West for our
stupidity, we have refused to revolt against bad leadership, tyranny,
dictators, marginalization, killings and against numerous injustices. We can’t
fold our arms and allow the western world continuously exploit our God given
mineral resources, exploit our thinking faculty and imposed illiterate leaders
on us.
Like Fela Kuti of blessed memories would say, they will
crown a man with low mentality and give small chop so that he can attack the
wise. The west crown those they can easily remote control against the wise
ones. They pretend to aid us but in the real sense, they want an uprising that
we continue to fight each other’s.
Bad Leadership In African
African problem is bad Leadership, uneducated puppets
found themselves in the sit of power. They lack the educational background
check to governor the citizens. Most especially Nigeria. The Nigeria system has
produced more uneducated illiterates as leaders than the educated ones. Leaders
without foresight. All they know is to loot the treasury and bank the money
abroad. Illiterate Fulani’s has been on the seat of power for decades, nothing
to show for it.
Revolution Must Start First With Bad Leaders In Africa
Africans must revolt against these bad leaders who has
been messing up with power for decades, we must chase them out of power. They
are truly our enemies. Revolution is inevitable.
Our Stupidity
African continent has continued to be ignoramus on what
is rampaging our land. Indeed, our ignorance is a multi-trillion industry. We
must wake up to this mess we find ourselves. The western world created
different organization to milk us dry, we have organizations like, W.H.O., Red
Cross, etc. They created this organizations to act as if they are helping us as
they claimed but in the other hand, they stealing from us on daily basis.
We are not allowed to print our currencies neither are we
allowed to choose who leads us. They devalue our currencies over ordinary
dollars, pounds etc. They trade our minerals with ordinary tissue papers called
money. They portray our continent as a poor continent but in the real sense, they
are behind her impoverishment. Since we have failed to revolt against this
tyrant they imposed on us. I doubt if we wished to continue suffering and
smiling.
However, I know vividly we are waking up in Mass but they
are afraid of the awakening, the use the social media platforms like Facebook,
Instagram, and the rest of them to fight us and suppress vital information’s.
They can’t stand us revolting against these injustices. The imperialists aren’t relenting either but
shall we close our mouths while we allow these monsters continue exploiting us?
The answer is as good as mine.
Her Redemption.
Biafra is the only saviour to all the mess we found
ourselves. Biafra is the only nation that could put an end to this mess. Every
true African who has Africa liberty at heart must come together to fight for
African redemption. We must beacon on the leader of the Indigenous People Of
Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to redeem us all from this almighty mess we are
into.
Lastly, we must continue propagating the Goodness of
Africa to the world. We must tell them without their aid we can survive. We
have survived for centuries past. And we can do it again. The African puppet
elites must be dethroned and the conscious ones must all stand up and say
enough is enough from all these forced taxes they impose on our continent. We
have continuously paid enough. Our redemption is now or never. All hail Biafra
the children of light.
To be continued!
Written by:
Mazi Dimkpa Ikenna Ikenga Amadioha-Gbo
For: Rivers State Media
Edited by:
Oby Mboma
For: Rivers State Media
Published by:
Chibuike John Nebeokike
For: Rivers State Media
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