The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has accused Western countries of unfairness and discrimination.
These accusations came in the wake of the travel ban on some African countries following the discovery of the Omicron COVID–19 variant.
According to Adesina, the travel bans are “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory”.
Adesina said this through his official Twitter handle and appealed to western countries to lift the travel ban on the African countries
Also, he queried why the travel ban was not slammed on non-African countries where Omicron had also been discovered.
He tweeted: ”Why single out African countries, singling out African countries is very unfair, nonscientific, and discriminatory.
“Global vaccines and travel apartheid against Africa are endangering lives, hurting economies, lives, jobs, and livelihoods from a pandemic Africa did not cause.
”End the apartheid. Respect Africa.”
