Obasanjo, Caribean prime minister seek technological advancement

Obasanjo, Caribean prime minister seek technological advancement

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, have both expressed their positions on how the Africans and Caribbeans could both improve on the technological development of the continents.

Obasanjo and Gonsalves spoke at the 15th Convocation Lecture of the Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State on Saturday where Prime Minister Gonsalves was the guest lecturer.

In a release by the Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo noted that Africans and the Caribbeans must also look at other economic sectors to bring development to the continents.

In the convocation lecture with the theme ‘Technological Emancipation of Africa in the Digital Space and the Global Drive for Reparations’, the Prime Minister hinted that he and Obasanjo had met in recent times, proffering how both continents could improve developments for the continents.

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