The image of Africa should not, in any sense, continue to be reduced to that of a begging continent. It is shameful to hear justified claims of leadership that condones sloth, corruption and embezzlement being levelled against African leaders amidst our public hospitals and health centres running without drugs. It puzzles and irritates to see our leaders tolerating others who manufacture drugs and vaccines in their regions and habitually flock to this wonderful continent for testing on innocent African lives. It really pains and baffles to see our ailing leaders traditionally being flown to India to seek medical treatment when our institutions of higher learning continue to graduate thousands of medical specialists who are highly esteemed in the diaspora only thanks to brain drain in their reasonable pursuit of greener pastures. This brief discussion aims to share a few points that can see African leaders turning this great continent into a greater one that is genuinely loved and celebrated by its peoples.
