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Pan-Africanist Julius Malema has called for a single African president, one parliament, one currency, and one military command to consolidate the continent’s strength.
Malema made the call on Sunday at the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA Annual General Conference in Enugu.
The President of the Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, lauded Nigeria’s role in supporting South Africa during the anti-apartheid struggle.
The 44-year-old politician urged both countries to lead the African Continental Free Trade Area in a way that benefits ordinary people.
He also sternly warned African governments against reckless borrowing, urging stricter regulation of loans from the World Bank and other international lenders.
“Africans must love themselves, not kill one another. Black people are not loved in Africa, and not loved abroad either, but we must learn to treat ourselves better,” he said.
According to him, Africa is not a “dark continent” but one abundantly endowed with diamonds, minerals, and other resources that can drive prosperity.
In other news, The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged all Nigerians to learn combat skills to protect themselves in the face of danger.
General Musa gave this advice on Thursday when he appeared as a guest on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.
He likened the acquisition of combat skills to driving, swimming, and other essential survival skills.
When asked whether he would advise Nigerians to learn combat skills for self-defence, General Musa said, “That one should be taken as learning driving, learning how to swim. Whether we have war or not, it is a survival instinct.
“In Europe, swimming is compulsory; [so is] Learning and teaching about security because you have to learn what security is.”
According to him, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, should train Nigerian graduates in unarmed combat skills for day-to-day survival against dark-hearted men.
The defence chief further explained that security is the responsibility of all Nigerians, even as he urged citizens to remain situationally aware of their surroundings to identify strange and suspicious individuals.
