Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

We refuse to share resources; we govern irresponsibly. If we are confident, if we have some of our cultural values, then we would be more committed to assisting our people out of poverty and creating an environment that can make it possible for our friends to assist us.

After Hurricane Katrina, many people said that the levees were not as effective as the natural vegetation that had been removed at the coast. So that means as we develop these seaside land masses, we need to have enough knowledge to not regret in the future. We know that the US government is literally buying these lands back to allow them to be rehabilitated.

You can't reduce poverty in a vacuum. You are doing it in an environment.

Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival.

For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests so that we can really demonstrate to other African states that it is possible to share power without going to war.