President Bola Tinubu says African countries will not allow outsiders disrupt its unity.
Tinubu spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration of John Mahama as the president of Ghana in Accra, the country’s capital city.
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic exited the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and will cease to be members of the bloc between January and July, 2025.
The French-speaking countries left ECOWAS after juntas took over, expelled France, and began making new alliances with countries like Russia.
The Nigerian leader said countries on the continent should continue to dialogue with each other even when there are disagreements.
“Even when we disagree, we shall dialogue and discuss until we reach an agreement. Never, never shall we harm others and never allow any outsider to hurt us or disrupt the unity for which so many of our heroes gave their sweat, blood, and very lives to achieve,” he said.
The Nigerian leader said the countries on the continent do not have anything to prove to anyone other than themselves.
“This moment does more than symbolise another milestone in the evolution of Ghanaian democratic society. It lays to bed the question of whether Ghana and Africa are capable of democratic and productive endeavours,” he said.
