AFRICA MUST BE DEVELOPED BY ITS OWN PRINCIPLES – DUNCAN-WILLIAMS

The General Overseer of Action Chapel International Ministry, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has expressed optimism for an Africa where citizens can achieve their aspirations and prosper without migrating abroad in search of better opportunities.
Speaking at the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values on Wednesday, June 3, the renowned preacher said he envisions an Africa developed through “principles that work for us,” rather than external models that do not reflect the continent’s unique realities.
“I have a dream that in my lifetime, Africa will be so developed by principles that work for us, not by principles that work for others, but by principles that work for us as we look at our culture and as individual sovereign countries,” he stated.
His remarks came in the context of Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, who also urged African countries to safeguard their cultural values and sovereignty against external influences presented as modernisation.
Archbishop Duncan-Williams further expressed his vision of a future where “no son and no daughter of the continent of Africa will queue for visas to go to other nations for greener pastures,” stressing the need for African youth to thrive within their home countries.
According to him, Africa’s young people should be empowered to “work and labour in our own land and our countries and achieve their dreams and goals, fulfil their desires and destiny, succeed and prosper within their own countries and their own borders.”