Collaboration
By Oladele Eniola
Lagos, June 28, 2024 (NAN) A business mogul and songwriter, Mr Kennedy Finta- Nnaji, has called on African countries to focus on innovative collaboration for development of the continent.
Finta-Nnaji said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday.
“African countries should endeavour to focus more on innovative collaboration with countries who truly have their best interest at heart and they must desist from receiving aid from the western world.
“Western world uses aid as an old fashion tactic of extorting from African countries as they always find a way to get it back and when this happens, the ripple effects of this is always negative.
“We must focus on developing ourselves by looking inward so as to find solutions because the truth of the matter is that no one would solve our problems except we do that by ourselves,” he said.
Finta-Nnaji, who is also the President of Nigeria Union in Japan, said his new song titled “Japan x Africa – A brighter future”, is aimed at promoting collaboration between Africa and Japan.
“The song passes the message to everyone from our leaders to the youth in the country and most importantly, we must utilise the message the song passes.” he said.
He urged African countries to strengthen their bilateral relationship with Japan, noting that the country has good intentions in developing African countries.
He noted that Japan had a good history with African countries over the years, urging African leaders to leverage it.
“African countries and Japan can collaborate through innovation as this would help both nations to invest together for mutual benefits.
“Japan has little or no bad history with Africa and this goes to show their true intent in developing countries through proper channels as this would benefit both sides equally.
“There are a whole lot of things that Japan has to offer through innovation collaboration and we must ensure that we benefit from this.” he said.
Fintan-Nnaji, who is also a patron of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos chapter, noted that the song-Japan x Africa – A brighter future- is available for streaming and listening on all musical platforms. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Folasade Adeniran
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