Tinubu urges African leaders to address exodus of skills, talents

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday urged African leaders to address the exodus of skills and talent from Africa.

The president, according to a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made the call at a dinner held in his honour in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

He charged African leaders to encourage research and development with the provision of appropriate rewards.

Tinubu said: “Why are we complaining about healthcare problems if our doctors cannot have a home in our continent? If our nurses are faced with destitution and if our judicial system is archaic?”

President Tinubu, who is on a three-day official visit to the Central African country, said development in Africa would begin when the continent started to look inwards for solutions.

He added: “Tribalism has no place in our nation or region. We have to strengthen the continent, cultivate and maintain peace together and help one another.

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“We have to develop our resources for our progress. We must find solutions among ourselves and focus incisively on research and development.

“We must bring out the results ourselves. We must not outsource them or sell them out.”

He stressed that Africa would continue to partner with international organisations.

“We will continue to be partners, but we must implement more than half of the results of the research established here.

“We have many youths to take care of. There are millions yearning for progress,” he stated.

Tinubu thanked President Teodoro Mbasogo for the invitation to visit Malabo, saying that the visit was a homecoming.

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