High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Dr Solomon Gembeh has said that the continued loggerheads between African countries have continued to hinder its development and progress.
Gembeh stated this during an interview with journalists in Abuja.
Explaining the effects of disintegration, Gembeh said “everywhere you go there are some forms of insurrection, border disputes. We have border disputes in Guinea and Sierra Leone which is being resolved as we go.
“So, others are trying to integrate and get together but we are at war with each other.
“My president believes that Africa has no reason to be at loggerheads with each other; you have seen the ravages of war, so it really bleeds his heart to see that we are still not integrated,” he said.
According to the High Commissioner, the COVID-19 pandemic, having dealt more fairly with Africa, provided a good opportunity for regional integration.
“Others have suffered greatly in the West: unemployment, loss of wages, loss of funds, that amount to trillions of debts that these countries have.
“Here are we when we could have benefited from this new order created by coronavirus by really working together and we are still at each other’s throat.
“So that is the lesson that we need to work on to resolve,” he said.
