President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya,
called on African leaders to respect democracy, the rule of law and ensure
political stability.
Tinubu disclosed this in a statement by Dele Alake, Special
Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy.
He stated that Ambassador Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa, the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented Tinubu.
At a high-level event organized by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) on the margins of the Fifth Mid-Year African Union
(AU) Coordination Meeting, Tinubu urged African military institutions and
states to recognize and respect the need for democratic renewal.
He warned that the ugly trend of the military straying into
the political arena is causing threats to peace, security and stability and
engendering poverty, displacement, and humanitarian crises.
“This ugly trend has only succeeded in threatening the
peace, security and stability of the sub-region and, by extension, the African
continent, leaving in its trail poverty, internally-displaced persons and
humanitarian crisis. In the same vein, this ugly trend has also led to food
shortages and escalated health challenges.
“We must take deliberate steps to address the root causes of
unconstitutional changes and coups d’état in Africa. As a continent, we cannot
progress toward achieving the goals and targets of the UN Agenda 2030 for
sustainable development, as well as those of the AU Agenda 2063 for the “Africa
We Want”.
“Between 2020 and now, Africa has witnessed six successful
coups d’état and three unsuccessful attempts. This rise in military takeovers
and unconstitutional changes in government disrupts our democratic processes
and undermines stability on the continent.
“It is for this reason that I call on all African leaders at
all levels to make concerted efforts in respecting the tenets of democracy and
the rule of law to ensure political stability on the continent,” he stated.
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