Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says world leaders should put aside their differences and work toward eliminating terrorism in Africa.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesperson, said the vice-president made the call in a lecture delivered at King’s College, London.
Osinbajo said there was turmoil in the continent driven in part by poverty, alienation, environmental degradation, and poor governance.
He said terrorism escalated the existing problems and asked world leaders to recognise that a threat of terrorism in any part of the world is a threat to humanity as a whole.
The vice-president said it was important to act fast as statistics have shown that Africa is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing terrorism groups.
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“The more pressing problem today is the encroachment by franchises of global terror groups into Africa; although many African countries have acted vigorously to tackle these terrorist groups,” Osinbajo said.
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“There is still much more that can be done especially in partnership with the rest of the international community.”
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