Time has come for all these organizations (AU, ECOWAS etc) to take a center stage in the world. Since the establishment of these organizations, Viewers Corner News has not seen any real benefits which they have brought to all the citizens of Africa. Everywhere in Africa, there is corruption. Most countries in Africa are not following the democratic principles and there are lots of human right abuses. Almost all the countries in Africa have failed their citizens. We expect these organizations to stand firm and stop these evils completely. African leaders who are supposed to be the true representatives of their people are not doing what they are supposed to do, instead they keep on holding meetings as many times as they could in the Union (AU, ECOWAS etc) and as soon as these meetings are over, whatever issues that were discussed in these meetings go into the trash box. Viewers Corner News is appealing to all the leaders in Africa to have a change of heart by doing the right thing for their citizens and any discussion/agreement made either in the African Union or in the parliament of various individual countries, it should be implemented immediately. Africa as a continent is very rich but the citizens of various countries in Africa remain the poorest because of poor leadership, corruption, greed and wickedness. These are the problems facing the continent. Let all African leaders start now by doing the right thing on how to better the lives of their citizens.
Another horrible thing is the nature of prisons in African continent. Prisoners should be given the opportunity to rebuild their lives while in prison so that when they are released from the prison, they will fit in properly in the society. Technical/vocational institutes should be established inside the prisons where the prisoners can learn a trade/handiwork while serving their sentences so that when they are finally out of prison, they can be useful to themselves and to the society because prison should be seen as a rehabilitation home with difference. African leaders’ concern should be the welfare, comfort and benefits of their citizens. Let us not forget that people in the prison are human beings like us. In some countries in Africa, majority of suspects have no access to counsel, therefore leaders in Africa should ensure that their citizens have fair representation during court trials. Somehow because of high cost of hiring a lawyer in some African countries, cases that would not have taken an individual to the prison will take the person there because of no money to get a lawyer who will represent the suspect. It should be the responsibility of the government to provide a lawyer for the less privilege persons so that his or her voice will be heard.
Source: Viewers Corner News.