By Farouk Martins
Aresa
Why do Africans
wait until it is too late for our rescue? Right now most African oil producing
countries are still fighting about which regions produce more oil. Areas that
are not producing oil are exploring other regions for oil. Many of us lost our
thinking faculties in hedonism, greed and are spread all over the world beyond
value to Africa . So, No Thinking Beyond Crude Oil!
Only in Nigeria
do looters go to court to recover loots or oil blocks! Oil became a curse in Nigeria . Many
now wished oil were never discovered around their areas because of the devastating
effect it had, leaving their land an environmental swamp. Farmers cannot
cultivate crops and fishermen have been idled. Parents watched children
restlessly forming gangs of kidnappers, thugs used by politicians and militias
as a way to make a living and use the poor’s plight to enrich themselves.
Yet, all the
planning to divest away from oil have not materialized after many years. Right
now, it is a race against clean energy. Many countries have promised to stop
producing automobiles that are powered by oil in about ten years or less. While
fear has griped right thinking Africans, we are still waiting for African
innovation in automobiles powered by other forms of energies like electric,
water, hydrogen or just air. Our scientists are too busy looking for the next
meal.