Current African leaders are completely useless, they have nothing to offer – Kwesi Pratt

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Mr Kwesi Pratt Jnr has described as completely useless current leaders of the African Continent.

Speaking on Good Morning Africa on Pan African TV on Thursday, July 28, monitored by GhanaPlus.com, he said Africa’s problem are its current crop of leaders as such citizens target must be get rid of them if they so desire to prosper.

According to him, the current crops of leaders are responsible for the poverty that has be delved the continent adding that they has nothing to offer.

 “…. ultimately, the way out of the problem is that we should get rid of all these useless African leaders who are offering us nothing. All these leaders who takes bride in photo opportunities with Macron and Boris Johnson and who else. These are our problem,” Mr Pratt Jnr said.

“It is the African leaders who have betrayed the Congo. It is the African leaders who have betrayed African interest. It is the African leaders who are responsible for the current situation of poverty on the continent. For the very high levels of exploitation and deprivation on the continent. Let change these leaders,” Mr Pratt Jnr said.

He explained what the continent requires are leaders who are committed to the dreams of total liberation fought by fore leaders who led the continent.

“Let bring in new leaders with vision. New leaders who have a commitment to the programmes of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah for total continental liberation.  Let bring in new leaders like Thomas Sakara, let bring new leaders like Ahmed Sékou Touré. Our current leaders are completely useless, they have failed us. They have nothing to offer us and if we have to help restore the Congo to it dignity and so on, our target must be to remove our leaders from power”.

Anti-UN protest in DR Congo

Mr Pratt Jnr made the comment while contributing to discussion on the anti-UN protest on going in the DR Congo.

Protestors on Monday, July 25 set fires and forced entry into the United Nations Mission offices in Goma accusing peacekeeping force of failing to protect civilians amid rising violence in Congo’s eastern region.

BBC report said “They are calling for the U.N. forces, present in Congo for years, to leave”.

“At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others injured during two days of demonstrations in Congo’s east against the United Nations mission in the country, officials said Tuesday,” BBC reported.

Speaking on the development, Mr Pratt Jnr said Congo, an African country blessed with numerous resources enough to bring respite to the continent can only be restored to its dignity when the current African leaders are removed from power.

Source: GhanaPlus.com