President of Nigeria Union in Japan, Mr Kennedy Finta- Nnaji, as called on African countries to focus on innovative collaboration for development of the continent.
Finta-Nnaji who is also a business mogul and songwriter, said his new song: Nahfconnects Theme Song, Japan x Africa – A brighter future! Say Yes to Innovation and NO to Aid, is aimed at promoting collaboration between Africa and Japan.
Finta-Nnaji said the message behind the song is for African countries to desist from receiving aid from western countries, noting that is a form of extortion.
His words: “African countries should endeavor to focus more on innovative collaboration with countries who truly have their best interest at heart and they must deist from receiving aid from the western world.
“Western world uses aid as a old fashion tactic of extorting from African countries as they always find a way to get it back and when this happens, the ripple effects of this is always negative.
“We must focus on developing ourselves by looking inward so as to find solutions because the truth of the matter is that no one would solve our problems except we do that by ourselves.
“The song passes the message to everyone from our leaders to the youths in the country and most importantly, we must utilise the message the song passes.”
Finta-Nnaji urged the African countries to strengthen their bilateral relationship with Japan noting that the latter has good intentions in developing African countries.
He noted that Japan had a good history with African countries throughout the years and urged African leaders to leverage on it.
“African countries and Japan can collaborate through innovation as this would help both nations to invest together for mutual benefits.
“Japan has little or no bad history with African wand this goes to show their true intent in developing countries through proper channels as this would benefit both sides equally.
“There are a whole lot of things that Japan has to offer through innovation collaboration and we must ensure that benefit from this.” he said.
Fintan-Nnaji who is also a patron of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Lagos Chapter noted that the song is available for streaming and listening on all musical platforms as Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, AudioMack amongst others.
