An international affairs and development expert, Livingstone Wechie, weighing on the issues around the trip, bemoaned the beggarly state of the African countries whose leaders go cap in hand to beg for assistance to address self-inflicted problems.He said “Actually Africa has continued to be the economic Guinea pig and cash cow to the West and the recent Africa Finance Summit in Paris France has reinforced that pitiable aspect of our continental experience.
“Their projections are not and never in our favour. All the African States that are making progress like Angola, Rwanda etc are known for employing homegrown ideas that enable them to explore their unique strategies that work for them. As long as we keep going to the West cap in hand, they will always ensure we never get economically free,” he said.
He said “my advocacy is for Africa to grow their economies in a diverse way, be inclusive in their governance, create opportunity for their people and make their citizens have means of livelihood to protect their dignity and their wellbeing.Nigeria He decried what has happened to some countries in Africa indebted to China, which sometimes pledged certain assets in order to borrow the money and when they fail to pay, the creditor will take those assets.