Kufuor: Obama’s visit to Ghana is not because of oil
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, July 11, Ghanadot - Former
president J. A. Kufuor has discarded submission from critics
that the motive for US President Barack Obama’s visit to
Ghana was the country’s newly discovered oil.
He said Mr. Obama was an inspiration not only to African
leaders, but also African youth in general because the
African youth must be thinking “if our brother there could
do it, we too can do it. We could help lift Africa up
quickly”.
“Given any situation, there will always be doubters and
cynics, but I tell you, I sense so much humanity in this
leader, this president,”
said Kufuor.
Speaking on BBC’s with Ghana’s Komla Dumor the former
president said Ghana is the obvious choice for President
Obama because what Ghana has to offer is vast in terms of
her understanding as far as democracy is concerned.
Former president Kufuor maintained that the White
House chose Ghana over President
Obama’s ancestral home, Kenya, Africa’s economic hub, South
Africa, and Ghana’s regional rival, Nigeria because Ghana is
the first south of the Sahara to gain independence, and that
to him, “it is a part of
her destiny to set the pace in
Africa.”
Accra, July 11, Ghanadot - Former president J. A.
Kufuor has discarded submission from critics that the
motive for US President Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana
was the country’s newly discovered oil.....
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