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International relations expert Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso says the current crop of African leaders has failed the Continent as far as regional integration is concerned. �Most of them don�t even understand integration,� he said, adding that: �They protect their turf, they protect their positions. They are short termist, they are looking at the next elections and therefore they want to fix the home front first �but we must get a new crop of African leaders that understands integration,� Dr Antwi Danso told XYZ News in an interview after participating in a forum on regional integration. According to him, African leaders are the current bane of the Continent. �Most of them are corrupt. Most of them are sit-tight Presidents. Most of them are profligate. They spend the money. Stash away monies in Swiss banks and other banks,� he bemoaned. In his view, �integration is a sine qua non to Africa�s development� and therefore wondered why the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS), for example, still hasn�t properly integrated its economies and trade. �ECOWAS is calling on our businessmen to take up the mantle of creating an Eco Air for example. We don�t have an Eco Air. And come to think of it, British Air, Virgin Atlantic, they fly here how many times a week? Which people do they take along? Is it not people of ECOWAS?� Additionally, Dr Antwi Danso regretted that: �We don�t have an Eco-Marine. Between Lagos and Dakar, there is no passenger ship or cargo ship that carts away [cargo]. If you have cargo in Ghana and you want to send it to Lagos, you have to wait for some Chinese ship or Korean ship or Maersk. Is it not a shame?�