DAILY STAR
The United States Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens, said the growing trend of military takeover of government in Africa was because some leaders in the continent refused to relinquish power after their tenure in office.
Stevens expressed concern that Africa is facing challenges like climate change and food insecurity, saying only democratic stability could help in resolving the problems.
The Consul General spoke on Wednesday at the launch of the ‘Recycling Waste to Wealth Challenge’ competition for secondary school students at Abeokuta Window on America, located at the Youth Development Centre of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State.
DAILY POST reports that the programme is a US Government supported enterprise competition for students in vocational and technical colleges in Ogun State.
In his words, Stevens said leaders of Africa must embrace the real tenets of democracy by ensuring peaceful transition of power.
According to him, Nigeria has enjoyed 25 years of uninterrupted peaceful democratic transition, urging other African nations to learn from Nigeria.
