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Samuel Obie(Web Developer) London
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Hi there,

My name is Samuel Obie and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I really do hope you find this interesting enough to send in your view about my thoughts.
My background is of a political one, but I am not into politics myself. I just share what I hope is a general view to most decent Africans.

All these talk about third world debt cancellation and aids to Africa is a total political and economic cock-up. How can the Western Governments justify given aids to totally corrupt African governments and also expect these aids to reach the African people is beyond believe.

Africa, I am afraid to say needs more than just aids and debt cancellation. The entire continent needs what I suppose to be some kind of MORAL REVOLUTION, in other for the continent to rid itself off of the plight that is ripping the continent apart.

You don’t need to be Einstein to realise what is wrong in Africa. This continent is not only politically and economically broken down; it is also devoid to a certain extent of morality due to a very long history of political and economic decadence. The fabric of a moral society has not existed in Africa for a while now and this is due to the corruption of the governments and the poverty it places on it's citizens.

I don't know whether it is ignorant or naivety towards the part of the African leader, some of whom genuinely think they are doing a good job for their country. Some of these people are highly educated, that is why I fine it difficult to understand their moronic behaviors towards their own people. A classic example is the South African president Thabo Mbeki, who has constantly refused to acknowledge the fact that HIV/AIDS is destroying the lives of millions of Africans.

Presently, what is giving Africa as a whole and Cameroon in particular a modicum of stability is the help that normal African families received from their love ones from across the western world. I think that if most Africans were exposed to the economic perils sweeping the continent, there will definitely be more wars and political instability on the entire continent. As the saying goes “a hungry man is an angry man”, well I don’t need to tell you how easy it is for an angry man to get violent.

The best way for the western governments to help Africa would be to invest in the African people themselves. Instead of harassing Africans who are in Europe, America and other western countries, they should encourage them to sturdy and work hard and also give them the option to go back to their country and help its development.

One word that usually surfaces when talking about aids to Africa is sustainability. How can it be sustainable to give aid to governments who will never use it for long term projects like investments in its citizens? These are people who don't even know the meaning of pensions and investments for the future. Greed has eaten into the core of their morality and corruption is now at the forefront of their existence.

Using the aids to grant scholarships to any African who wants to sturdy abroad would go a long way in relieving poverty in Africa. This will have a doubly and very positive effect on the individual and the country as a whole. He or she will have enough time to sturdy because they wouldn't work the extra hours to pay for their very expensive school fees, and they will also have enough time to work and help their relatives back home. And most importantly, they will also acquire the much needed education to go and help develop their country.

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One other very important factor that is destroying any chance of an economic and political revival of Africa is brain drain of Africans by the west. They can easily use the aids to encourage African professionals like doctors, nurses, teachers and many others to go back to their countries and work there while guaranteed decent salaries paid for by the aids to Africa budget. Doctors will open their surgeries and offer free medicals services to anyone that walks through their door. This will greatly improve the health care in Africa. This will also apply to any other profession. I am sure you will agree with me that this will greatly benefit the poorest people in Africa and the African nations too will greatly benefit from the professionalism these people will offer to their country.

With the increase in globalisation, the African continent continuous to miss out in  out-sourcing of the labour market to developing countries by foreign companies. Because of political instability and the total lack of progressive energy by the African leaders to generate a positive environment for foreign companies to outsource their labour market to Africa, we are missing a labour market which has help with the very rapid development of many Asian countries. Many young Africans wouldn't want to travel abroad if they were offered decent jobs in Africa. African countries have more in common with Europe than many Asian countries because of our history and language. This should make things easier for the foreign companies to outsource their labour market to Africa but I’m afraid, this is not the case.

I came to the conclusion long ago that the west is happy with the status quo in Africa. They need Africans as much as we need them, only the relationship is benefiting just one side. I’m afraid, that is not Africa. No one, not even Einstein can imagine what will happen in this part of the world if suddenly Africans decide to go back home.

Let me use this opportunity to applaud the great Mo Ibrahim’s (If you don’t know him, click here! stupid) ambition to rid Africa of corrupt governments. I think he is a wonderful man, but he should use some of his foundations money on more worthwhile courses because those African leaders don’t need it and they certainly do not deserve it. Most of them are criminals and murderers anyway, please don’t tell any of them I said that.

While we use any opportunity given to us to condemn our government officials, we should also take sometime to look into our own conscience and see if we are any better than our government representatives. My guest is, given the same opportunity as our government officials I think most of us will fall prey of the corrupt system in Africa. This is the reason why I am calling for a MORAL AND CULTURAL revolution in Africa as a whole and my beloved Cameroon in particular.

Even though I am none the least sanguine about the economic and political prospects of Cameroon, I still remain hopeful for the future of the country because there are many Cameroonians across the world who are very serious people and most of them haven't given up hope of going back home and invest their talents in the country.

God help us

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P. S.
For those of you who are advocating for
the break-up of Cameroon, I say you are
barking up the wrong tree.
After you separate Cameroon, what next?
Get Fru Ndi to come and rule over us?
That is the day I give up my citizenship
and go and leave in Rwanda.
As bad as this Biya government is, any
other government formed by the present
lunatics of politicians in Cameroon would
be twice as worst.
We need some fresh lateral thinkers, most
probably from abroad to kick start a much
needed political change in Cameroon.
And here I am offering myself to you
Cameroonians! Well, no one can blame me
for trying.
I know I'll do a better job

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