It has been asserted that Africa will witness great changes if the leaders will learn to invest in basics that aim at improving human lives in the Continent.An American activist and former presidential candidate, Jesse Jackson,who made this assertion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja said it was the only way to solve the Continent’s unending problems.

According to Jackson, a great nation and its citizenry can only be built through democracy, universal healthcare, portable water and education but regretted that only homelessness and unemployment were the major presence in Africa.

“You build great nations and its citizenry by democracy, drinkable water, universal health care, education, you build great citizens but what do we find in Africa (its) hopelessness, unemployment, so many people suffer from homelessness across the world, if we can invest in the basic in improving human lives”

While commending the country for sustaining democracy in the Continent, Jackson expressed the hope that all the problems weighing Africa down will soon be over where development will envelop the Continent.

He noted that those challenges ware not peculiar to Nigeria but everywhere, including Chicago where several black Americans die from health problems.

“The US is still number one  in infant mortality, so we still have challenges , wherever African people are whether in US, London they still have challenges. Human rights must be pursued everywhere”

Jackson also stressed the need to build relationships and sharing education, experience and doing business with each other with a fair trade policy..Africa needs favorable trade policy and creates market for its product” Concludes Jackson.