Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that 20 November is proclaimed as Africa Industrialisation Day by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/237 of 22 December 1989 within the framework of the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa;
2) recalls that the day is intended to mobilise the commitment of the international community to the industrialisation of Africa;
3) acknowledges that more than 30 of the world's 48 least developed countries are located in Africa;
4) further acknowledges that Africa continues to suffer from underdevelopment, acute poverty and unemployment;
5) recognises that Africa has emerged as the next growth frontier of the world with the average forecast rate of growth at 5.5% in 2012 and with six of the ten fastest growing economies of the world located on the African continent;
6) believes that the industrialisation of Africa will play a critical role in Africa's economic growth and development as well as a key factor in job creation opportunities; and
7) calls upon our Government and African governments in general to prioritise and pursue industrialisation strategy as a means of ridding the continent of the quagmire of poverty. Agreed to.