Interesting is that many of my friends from Mali, Ghana and other nations are having the same discussion where I am. Les from NiLoPublishing.com and Rdwins.com

So long as the current leaders in many of these African countries remain self seeking, other wealthier countries regardless if its china or others will take advantage of their resources. African must change their mindset by taking long term national interest in developing their resources and not merely seeking short term gains by importing basic necessities..

Well it seems that Dr. Sanusi has said something of interest that we Nigerians must take into account. A good portion of Nigerians have developed the view that they need to be saved from underdevelopment by foreign powers rather it is the UK, US, or China. The underdevelopment comes from corruption, immorality, and complacency with the status quo. These investment deals we make with China has only led to us importing a wide variety of goods that should be manufactured at home and of questionable quality at that. The British and the Americans dealt with Nigeria in the same manner. It is ironic now that the same thing is happening to the United States with the US shutting down much of its own industrial production to replace those goods from China. This is an informative piece written by Dr. Sanusi although this is a man that tried to massively devalue the Naira, and supported the sudden removal of the fuel subsidy last year.

"CHINA MORE THAN THE WEST HAS BECOME FREIND TO AFRICA AS YOU SAY AFRICANS MUST TAKE INETEREST IN THEMSELVES; MY GRANDFATHER USE TO SAY, " IF PATIENT NO CARE, HOW DOCTOR A GO CARE????SO CHINA KNOWS WE NEED THE SKILL WORK FORCE TO DEVELOP ;CHINA RUSSIA BRAZIL CAN NOT STAND ALONE IN WORLD POLITICS , THEY NEED STRONG ALLAINCES WITH AFRICA AS AN ALLY .. AFRICASN ARE THE ONES WHO SEEM NOT TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING.. IT IS UP TO AFRICANS TO DEDCIDE WHAERE THEY ARE GOING WHAT THEY WANT IN RETURN FOR RESOURCES... WE HAVE GOLD PLATINUM YET THE PEOPLE DO NOT SEE ANY OF THESE RESOURCES... BRICS KNOWS BETTER THAN TO COEM TO AFRICA WITH JUST SELF INTEREST THEY HAVE MADE COMMITTMENTS TO INCREASING THE EDUCATIONAL VOCATIONAL SKILLED POPULATIONS ON THE CONTINENT.. WE MUST NOT OVERLOOK THE TREMENDOUS AMMOUNTS OF MONEY THEY HAVE POURED INTO AFRICAN INFRASTRUCTURE DO NOT FOREGT THAT AFRICA ID NOT HAVE INBFRASTRUCTURE PERIOD. WITH GADAFFI AND THE CHINESE AFRICA HAS MADE EMMENSE PROGRESS??? EVOLUTION HAS TAKEN PLACE IN AFRICA.. THE WEST DOES NOT HAVE OUR INETSRST AT HEART. LOOK AT KENAY THEY AHTE THE FACT THAT UHURU HAS WON THE RPESIDENCY THEY WANT TO BE THE OVERLORDS IN ALL AFRICA WITH MORE AND MORE LIBERAL THINKING AFRICANS, AFRICANS WHOM ARE NOT BEGGARS AND LAZY THINKERS WHOM ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR AFRICANS... THIS IS CHANGING THROUGH OUT ALL AFRICA.. THE CONTINENT IS YOUNG VIBRANT FEARLESS AND ARE MORE CONCIOUS THAN ANY OF AFRICAS PAST FEW GENERATIONS,,, THE YOUNG AFRICAN IS EDUCATED TO THE WORLD HE SEES THE HYPOCRISY THAT IS THE WEST HE KNOWS OF THE PAST.. IN KENAY THEY WATCHED WITRH DREAD AS THE BRITISH COURT HEARINGS WERE DISMISSED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE UK REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WICKEDNES THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN KENAY WHILE THE KENAYNS SEEKED INDEPENDENCE ??? THEY ALSO SEE AND HEAR OF RAPES BY BRITISH TROOPS OF KENYAN YOUNG WOMEN WHICH IS DONE WITH IMPUNITY.. THEY SAW LIBYA THEY SAW IVORY COAST THEY SEE HOW THE ICC IS USED BY THE WEST TO MANIPULATE WORLD MOVEMENTS THAT ARE ANTI WEST.. GBAGBO WAS A PAN AFRICANIST THAT WAS PUT IN HIS PLACE BY FRANCE AND WARCOZY.. KENAYNS AFRICA LEARNED A VERY SERIOUS LESSON THEY WILL NOT ALLOW FOR ANOTHER STRONG MINDED AFRICAN TO GO THAT WAY AGAIN. KENYA HAS A STRONG CONSTITUTION WHAT THE WEST WANTS IS OFR A PRESIDENT WHO WILL IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION TO DO THIER BIDDING.. WHAT HAS THE WEST AT ODDS TODAY IS THE DEMOCARACY THEY CALLED FOR IS BEING IMPLIMNETD WITH SUCH FERVOR ACCORSSS AFRICA AND WHAT SURPRISES THEM IS THE MEANING AND STRENGTH WHICH THEY SATDN FOR.. IN IVORY COAST THE WEST DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEY DID UNDERSTAND DID NTO OVERSTAND WHAT A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT MEANT AND WHAT ITS CATIONS COMPRISED OF... MAN LIEK OBAMA WHO SUPPOSSEDLY WAS; WAS SHAMED NTO TO KNOW AND OVERSTND THAT THE CONSTITUTIONALC OURT OF ANY LAND HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE INDEPENDENT DECISIONS.. WHAT THE WEST HA DOEN IS COMPROMISE THIER JUDICIARY THEIR LEGISLATURES THIEREXECUTIVES HAVE ALL BEEN COMPROMISED BY BIG BUSINESS BRIBERY CORRUPTION SO THEY GO AROUND THE PLANET ??? CORRUPTION ONLY SERVES A TINY MINORITY WHILE THE REST GOES HUNGRY AFRICA IS TIRED OF THE CORRUPTION THAT WAS HEAPED UPON ITS SHOULDERS BY THE WEST IN ORDER TO KEEP THEMSELVES AT THE HELM OF AFRICAN POLITRIKS... THIS IS NO MORE AS MORE AND MORE COUNTRES THE AFRICAN UNION HAS A CONSTITUION THAT ALSO IS IN PLACE TO COUNTER WESTERN NEO COLONIALISM. THE AU HAS BECOME THE VOICE OF THE BILLION THAT POPULATES AFRICA THEY HAVE THIER EARS TO THE GROUND.. AFRICA HAS OTUGROWN NGOS WHO ARE ONLY IN AFRICA MOSTLYB 98& TO FURHTER WESTERN INTEREST AND PROPOGATE PROPOGANDA FOR THE WEST.. AFRICA IS OVERSTNDING AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS " ONE AIM ONE HEART ONELOVE ONE DESTINY" PEACE TO CHINA BRICS WHO I WILL HOLD TO THIER DESIRE TO EMPOWER AFRICANS IT IS THE AFRICANS TO ASK FOR WHAT THEY NEED AND WANT. WHAT SKIILS IT IS THAT IS MOST PRFOUND TO BUIDL AFRICA I SAY EVERYTHING THAT BUILDS NATIONS... AFRICA HAS BEEN DENIED TOO LONGT!!!!!!!