US tariff decision a ‘wake-up call’ for Africa – UNDP

The United Nations Assistant Secretary General and United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, Regional Director for Africa, Ahunna Eziakonwa, has described the recent global tariffs by the United States as a wake-up call for Africa to go beyond foreign aids.

Eziakonwa stated this during a visit to Channels Television’s Headquarters in Lagos where she spoke in an exclusive interview.

According to her, the technicalities of foreign aids have been a haggle for countries like Nigeria aiming to achieve the sustainable goals, suggesting a focus on the non-oil sector as a way out.

“What is happening now globally is a wake-up call for Africa because what is making the achievement of the SDG that much more difficult, yes there has been covid, yes there has...
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