Only Africans Can Develop Africa- Ogunjobi
Mr Solomon Ayodeji Ogunjobi, from Osun state, Ilesha is a social activist, Chartered Accountant and Businessman. He is the founder of Project Africa Movement. An old Igbobian, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University. He speaks with Nigeria News Abroad on the vision and mission of his non-governmental Initiative-the Project Africa Movement and why he set up the Movement.
Why did you set up this NGI?
I’ve lived all my life in Nigeria except for a short while of travelling out on Pilgrimage. I see the way things have been done and how things have been difficult for many people since our youth days. About two years ago I developed a passion to make a change. My focus is on the larger picture not just in Nigeria but in Africa. The change I want should happen in Africa and not just in Nigeria alone.
Project Africa Movement's vision and mission is to integrate Africa, rate Africa to the next civilization, to ensure that things should get better. Sickness and diseases reduced so that people don’t remember poverty. This is why we started the Project. It is also called Project Africa Unlimited, as this is to link Africans to Africans in the diaspora. We are to initiate Job ventures, that is, we provide the terrain for agricultural development, high capacity manufacturing Industries, extraction of mineral resources while they bring the technology, and the expertise. We also intend to bring in literacy in the African Concept and drive away superstition from our continent. What we are trying to do is encourage Africans; living outside Africa and TRUE FRIENDS OF AFRICA to come and invest in Africa. To put in their talents, education, resources into the development of Africa through meaningful projects in Agriculture, education, information technology, manufacture of industrial engines (e.g. motor vehicles), solid minerals extraction, etc.
What is the modus operandi of Project Africa Movement?
The project African movement has a dedicated blog which is http://ayoogunjobi.blogspot.com. Information about our past and our current activities in Africa are found on this blog. Our focus is mainly on youth especially in Africa and the diaspora because politicians don’t have the genuine interest of young people in mind. Their focus is political power.
Project Africa Movement is a non-governmental Initiative-. We believe so much that instead of government, the private sector should be the Driving Force in liberating and developing Africa, Governments should just provide the enabling environment for youth to exhibit their wisdom and visions. The Youths are leaving Africa because they find it hard to find jobs here. I belong to a Pan-African group, where one of their aims is a “United African States by 2030” we are saying a “United African States NOW..
Who are your sponsors and partners in this project?
Yes, we have sponsors who support us in their little ways. What we have mostly is the vision that will create jobs and drag away superstition by overhauling the Educational Curriculum patterned after that which we inherited from our erstwhile colonial masters & also bring all African countries together.
If the Nigeria diaspora commission backs up this project, employment and many other things will surely be available. We don’t want Africans to stay where they are seen as second-class citizens or as niggers, Africa is their home, it is them that will develop Africa when they come back. We want to work with people who are ready to fight for the soul of Africa.
What are the challenges you face on this project and how can they be solved?
Project Africa Movement has been facing financial challenges because the vision is enormous. To solve this problem there is a need to carry along the governments of African countries Small Scale & Medium Scale Entrepreneurs, Industrialists,, Community Leaders, Nigerian and Afriican Businessmen in the Diaspora & all members of the Human Race who believe that Afriça is the food basket of the World. We’ve been reaching out so far to friends and supporters who share the vision of Project Africa Movement. We also need the media to help us reach out to Africans especially those in the diaspora.
We’ve sent a message to Abike Dabiri (Chairman/Chief Executive) Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and she requested an official email which we sent but haven't heard anything from her till now. We have also contacted NACCIMA for support.
Do you have any message for Africans?
Yes, Africans need to take the bull by the horns and we have to believe in ourselves that we can make changes and whatever the chañge has to be initiated by us. We should know that the future belongs to the youth. They should also see themselves as catalys for change.,
The progress of Humanity depends on the youths of Africa. But where are they today? The majority of them have either dropped out of school or are wandering the streets in search of nonexistent jobs. Their future looks so bleak ‘cos the same set of political elites who have been in charge for the past 22 years especially in Nigeria, have no solution to their problems. Yet the youths remain docile and passive watching their future being mortgaged by clueless politicians. As you make your bed, so you will lie on it. It is up to the youths to take the bull by the horns & chase away the political elite who are toying with their future or face a lifetime of poverty & illiteracy.
We intend to identify CATALYSTS FOR TRUE CHANGE that are as passionate as we are, as regards re-orientating our Youths, by inculcating into them, right values as future leaders, especially by educating them on Dangers of Drug Abuse, Prostitution, Cultism, Peer pressure, Pornography, Teenage pregnancy and other vices.
Nigeria as a nation has the largest population of black Africans gathered, together in one single polity compared to anywhere else in the world. Any positive development or improvement of the standard of living of the average Nigerian will have a ripple effect on other communities in black Africa.
The country is abundantly blessed with both natural and human resources compared to most parts of black Africa.
Africa is currently the least developed continent compared to other parts of the world.
Therefore any positive change in Africa will equate to progress for humanity. This is why we have set up our NGI to encourage Diaspora investments into Africa. ONLY AFRICAÑS CAN DEVELOP AFRIÇA
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