Obasanjo, Grenadines’s PM proffer solutions to Africa, Caribbean challenges

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, have offered solutions on how to tackle challenges confronting Africa and the Caribbean.

They both spoke at the 15th Convocation Lecture of Bells University of Technology (BELLSTECH) Ota, Ogun State.

Prime Minister Gonsalves, while speaking at the convocation as the guest lecturer on the theme “Technological Emancipation of Africa in the Digital Space and the Global Drive for Reparations,” stated that he and Obasanjo had recently met and were exchanging ideas about how to further development on both continents.

Obasanjo, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, maintained that Africans and Caribbean’s must look to other economic areas to help the continents grow.

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In his convocation speech, Vice Chancellor Prof. Jeremiah Ojediran who revealed that on the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Sub-Sahara universities rankings, the university, which was on “Observer status in 2022, is now on Reporters Status in 2023” attributed this to the continuous rise in recognition and small contributions to excellence in service delivery.

Ojediran charged the graduating students to remember that “The university products are world changers who start the next phase by positively impacting the immediate community”.