If there is any positive gain from these invested human structures, it has enriched a few groups of members in the society (‘’the elites”) who on a “humanitarian” account as well to preserve their security, has offered few employments to the large members on a meagre salary (through their companies coveted on the corrupted monies aside those colonial-government created jobs). Explaining in detail, over the past 50-40 years, investment in education as means of polishing human resource through educational institutions, has rather generated unemployed youth scattered all over the continent especially in the sub-Saharan African countries.

Why? Because the government and their agencies do not only lack the requisite Knowledge and wisdom in terms of job creation but are too corrupt and voracious for money such that those millions of monies that could have been invested in various sector of the economies to create jobs have been diverted into tainted private enterprises. The results are there for everyone to witness; chaos in the countries, increase burden on the family, social vices and mass emigration to the western countries etc.

On the political systems or institutions, from the emergence of democracy as promoted by the western powers, uncounted number of monies have been spent in leadership training, civic education and structuring institutions on the model of those ones imported from western countries.

But that has been not enough in resolving the African poverty misery as the outcome is rather the reverse; breeding of bribery and corruption through multi-party party system, creation of unnecessary political tension among the parties which has exacerbated age-old tribal conflicts as each group attempts to grab the reins of power before their enemies could, huge rise of inequality difference, rise of bureaucracy etc all leading to civil wars with the notably harsh consequence of political internal displacement, refugee or asylum-seekers, general hunger among the vulnerable; children and women, dictatorship, political instabilities through coup d’états which is on a surge in former French colonies like Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali and principally notable in 1970s up to early 2000s in almost every country in Africa especially the north, western, central and east part of the continent.

The overall impact is leaving the continent more vulnerable to be exploited by the west who since the colonial period has developed excessive greed for our resources.

As for infrastructural development, any small unit of investment money in that area is a fertile ground to breed more corruption scandal as the politicians have seen infrastructural development as a safe haven for recouping and earning large of money they invested in political campaigns, vote-buying and rallies; notably through dubious contracts. In all these, you notice the corrupted heart of humans lies at the center, not the proliferation of those trillions of dollars of these human structures.

But how do we tackle these cankers? Obviously, through using the known structures like law and strong administrations and independent institutions to fight against the canker that is unfortunately the general mindset. Unsurprisingly and predictably, another billions of dollars are invested in such fight only for many of the African state legislatures to make a carbon copy of those laws implemented in the western world to tackle corruptions and related criminal acts.

On the paper, these copied laws enshrine the independence of corrupt fighting institutions including financial independence to lead up the fight. In reality, independence has bizarrely converted into loyalty, sycophantism and timidity towards the culprits and the use of the slogan “independence” has been only a cloak to protect the interests of the political appointees.

Yet politicians have always capitalized on these gaps in the society to sell and win elections through political messages and the circle continues. What people do not realise here is that the law in itself is perfect but when the law which ought to be enforced to regulate human affairs cannot be because of the corruptible nature of man, the law is seen as imperfect. Both the Western donors and Africans just do not realise that a viable seed cannot grow on an unfertile soil.

The hearts of many Africans who unfortunately are in the government position are just corrupt and nothing of humanist adventures can be used to correct it. This is the sad truth of which either people are refusing to acknowledge or are simply ignorant.