Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

"Any river that forgets its source, won’t triumph. Let’s not forget the history of NEPAD as we head towards The Africa We Want.

By the year 2001 we had a programme we could put forward and we launched it. In 2002 we and the other founding fathers of NEPAD met the G6 and for the first time Africa created its own political, social, and economic programme – one that was all encompassing and it was accepted.

What did we do next? In order to peer review ourselves, the idea of the African Peer Review Mechanism was born. Ever since, NEPAD and APRM have become the key drivers of Agenda 2063."