Pan African Movement Joins Union Government Debate

In response to the African Union’s invitation to the public to contribute to the ‘Grand Debate” on the formation of a Union Government for the continent, the Pan African People’s Assembly intends to hold a conference on June 22 at the National Theatre, Accra, where participants will deliberate on the subject matter.

Over 1,400 Pan Africanists across the continent, civil society groups in Ghana and the general public are expected to partake in the grand debate.

Addressing the media yesterday in Accra, Kyeretwie Poku, Spokesman for the Assembly said they are advocating for a fast track approach towards a union of all African states with citizenship, common economic planning, common defence policy, and common foreign policy.

The theme for the conference is “African Union Government; This is the Time.”

The Pan African People’s Assembly is a coalition of organisations with a shared political vision of an Africa that is politically and economically integrated as well as politically independent which has an assertive and respected voice in the international arena.

Mr Poku posited that the full integration of Africa is no longer a matter of debate because of the rapid movement towards globalisation which makes the continent’s political integration even more imperative and therefore should not be postponed.

But in a recent forum at GNAT Hall, the two schools of thought, Gradualists and Instantists, clashed over the time frame to be used in forming the proposed Union Government.
The Assembly spokesman opined that hundred percent consensus is not achievable but the leadership conviction is that it will be inimical to the interest of Africa to delay African Union government agenda any further.

He accused some African leaders of deliberately obstructing the integration process for their direct personal profit to serve the interest of foreign powers. He failed, however, to mention any names.

Contributing, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, a member of the Assembly and Managing Editor of The Insight, attributed Africa’s underdevelopment to the western world dictating the prices of the continent’s major export.

He reiterated that it is imperative the Union Government is formed so that at least the continent’s resources could be protected.
Mr Pratt urged African leaders to take a concrete decision at the AU’s July 1st meeting on the modalities for the integration process, insisting, “the blue print already exists.”

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