President Muhammadu Buhari has said the construction of highways,
railways and the creation of jobs – not military force – is the key to
ending terrorism in Africa.
The President made the comment in an opinion piece published in the
UK’s Financial Times on Sunday.
The piece, titled ‘Africa needs more than US military aid to defeat
terror’, reflected on the state of global terrorism in light of the
withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan.
According to President Buhari, the threat of terrorism now “burns
fiercely” in Africa.
To combat terrorism, the President said what Africa needs most from the
US “is a comprehensive partnership to close the disparity between our
economic and demographic growth.”
