By Our Correspondent
The Nigerian Ijaw self-determination activist, Annkio Briggs, yesterday spoke at Nzuko 2022, “ The Africa Economic and Cultural Week”, the activist related the importance of resource management in Nígeria
Annkio Briggs, who spoke at Africafora forum , said that self determination is not necessarily secession from Nígeria but the right to actually control what belongs to you by nature, the Ijaw activist said it will enable the indigenes of a place to determine the distribution of their resources.
She criticized the bad distribution of resources generated from these areas. Annkio insists that the resources generated from Niger Delta should favor the indigenes , she said that will characterize a just society
.Also speaking at the occasion, the Brazil based Nígerian Yoruba artist , writer and Journalist , Adeyinka Olaiya related the bond between Brazil and Africa, the artist said that Brazil is the Africa out of Africa.
he expressed the similarities in the dailies of the Brazilian people and the Yoruba people of Nígeria and the West African countries . Olaiya said that Africa day celebration is incomplete without saluting Brazil , he advised Africans to embrace the culture , tradition and religion of their ancestors .
The event which started on the 24th May 2022 , in France , counted with the presence of a Nígerian sculptor and industrial designer , John Amanam Sunday , the Hyper-Realistic artist who makes Prostheses for Amputees in dark skin colors and semblances of Body Parts charged África to re-examine its potentials . He insists Africans are talented , they can do better
Elizabeth Tchwenko-Fabu , the elegantly dressed Cameroonian business person explained the complexities and the way out in African fabric businesses , she said that Africa has got the it all to improve in its production and sales .
Chibu Akukwe , the USA based Nígerian business man also related the new dimension introduced in the making of Ogogoro , the African hot drink . Chibu who is the co-founder of PetrosAfrica , the first premium, organic ogogoro in Africa explained the success in his new dimension.
The event was moderated by Crystal Uduchi . It is a 3 day program expected to end on the 26th May 2022.
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