Tinubu Urges Africa to End Raw Mineral Exports, Expand Value Addition
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on African countries to deepen cooperation in mineral development and prioritize local value addition, warning that the continent must not remain a source of raw materials for the rest of the world. The President made the appeal while receiving a delegation from the Africa Mineral Strategy Group at the State House in Abuja. Speaking on behalf of the group, Dele Alake said the organization had implemented Tinubu's earlier directive encouraging African nations to promote local processing of mineral resources. According to him, the push for value addition is now gaining momentum across the continent, with some member countries already moving to ban the export of raw minerals. “Local value addition is now reverberating across Africa, and several countries have taken decisive steps to stop the export of raw minerals,” Alake said. Responding, President Tinubu stressed that Africa must leverage its shared geography, research capacity, and human res...