Former Ghana president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has called for cooperation among African nations to tackle their challenges.

Speaking on Thursday at a book launch in Abuja in honour of a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, Akufo-Addo said that African nations should not rely on foreign aid for survival.

He added that COVID-19 pandemic made some nations to be independent.

He said: “There is no such thing as charity in international relations. Nobody is going to give you vaccines until their own needs have been fully satisfied.

“African countries therefore need to cooperate with each other and not count on aid from the international community.

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“That is why Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and others have taken the responsibility of manufacturing their own vaccines.

Speaking further, the former Ghana said that COVID-19 era should be a wake up call to many African leaders.

He said: “Global leaders needs to admit the urgency of the infrastructural deficiency in our countries, especially in the health sector, as was exposed by the pandemic”.