The Executive Director(Networks) Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Engr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele has advised African nations to fashion out home-grown solutions to their current socio-economic and political challenges.
He noted that foreign theories and strategies had failed to solve the challenges because they didn’t address the issues from the grassroots.
Oyedele, in a statement to journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital by his media aide, Femi Salako, stated this while delivering a keynote address at the 2022 International Voice Achievers Award held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, Banjul, Gambia.
Harping on the theme of the award: “Building a Developed, Valued, and Respected Africa Now: A Clarion Call for a collective Participation by Africans for African-Led Solution,” Oyedele observed that the only way African nations could wriggle out of the challenges they have been facing since independence is to design domesticated strategies and solutions to the problems.
He said: “The point here is that Africa can overcome its social, political and economic problem, and beyond the capacity to improve upon their lacklustre condition, African countries can also achieve the seemingly elusive development with the right strategies that take into consideration the peculiar nature of the continent and its diverse populace.
“To occupy her rightful position in the comity of nations and earn the respect of others Africa requires a home-grown solution to her many crises that have plagued many parts of the continent since independence.”
