ECOWAS Deputy Speaker Urges Africa to Process Its Own Resources for Job Creation - Worldstage

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ECOWAS Deputy Speaker urges Africa to process its own resources for job creation - Worldstage

WorldStage Newsonline– Africa must bridge the gap between raw material extraction and industrial processing to unlock widespread employment opportunities, according to Billay Tunkara, the 4th Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the regional bloc’s delocalised meeting in Monrovia, focused on West Africa’s unemployment crisis, Mr. Tunkara stated that African nations have historically missed out on s…