Why Prof PLO Lumumba wants Mahama to be wary of Macron, Blair and Gates

PLO Lumumba warned President Mahama against Macron (L), Bill Gates (M) and Tony Blair (R)

Renowned pan-Africanist Prof Patrick Loch Otieno (PLO) Lumumba in a recent [interview] had nothing but praise for five African leaders, including the president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama.

According to Prof Lumumba, President Mahama and these other African leaders were heading in the “right direction” and were also championing the course of Africa.

The academic and legal luminary, however, noted that there is one thing these African [leaders] must be wary of, which is their association with certain Western leaders.

“I believe that President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana is moving in the right direction. Like him or hated, Paul Kagame still believes in an African project, and then Boko in Botswana believes in an African project. In the Sahel, Traoré has his problems, but he believes in an African project.

“Those are the ones that I can count, but they must be wary of two individuals. There is no defamation here because we can defend them. They must be wary of Emmanuel Macron. They must be wary of another person called Tony Blair… because he has an advisory thing. He's advising all manner of African presidents,” he said.

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He added, “Then they must be wary of another individual called Bill Gates.”

Prof Lumumba indicated [that] Gates, Blair and Macron have their hands in very important sectors of the African continent.

He said that these individuals seem to be helping in these sectors by investing a lot of money, but this is not the case.

“These individuals, the three of them, because they are everywhere - they are in health, they are in education, they are in agriculture - and they come with money, lots of money. Lots of money, but it's not lots of money. It appears to be lots of money,” he said.

He argued that African countries themselves must be in charge of these sectors and [that] they have enough resources to do that.

He said that African billionaires like Aliko Dangote and institutions like the African Exim Bank can be marshalled to raise the needed capital for these important sectors.

Watch a video of his remarks below: