Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed French President, Emmanuel Macron for saying that Africa lacked “civilisation”.
Macron made the statement, which has been widely condemned, in 2017.
Speaking with an Ivorian journalist on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, Macron said, “The problems Africa face today are completely different … and are ‘civilisational’.
“What are the problems? Failed states, complex democratic transitions and extremely difficult demographic transitions.
“It’s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.
“At the moment, spending billions of euros outright would stablise nothing. So the transformation plan that we have to conduct together must be developed according to African interests by and with African leaders.”
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Reacting to the two-year-old comment in a tweet on Monday, Fani-Kayode urged Macron to leave Africa alone.
The controversial ex-minister said: President Emmanuel Macron of France said “the problem of Africa is lack of civilisation: how can one woman give birth to 6, 7 or 8 children?”
Is “civilisation” fornicating with your teacher at the age of 15 and marrying a woman that looks like your grandmother. Leave Africa alone!
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Pres. @EmmanuelMacron of France said "the problem of Africa is lack of civilisation: how can one woman give birth to 6, 7 or 8 children?"
Is "civilisation" fornicating with your teacher at the age of 15 and marrying a woman that looks like your grandmother. Leave Africa alone! pic.twitter.com/Qgg5rxQBmP
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) April 29, 2019