I left a vibrant economy-Kufuor
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, July 14, Ghanadot - Former
President John Agyekum Kufuor has once again debunked
allegations from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC)
that he has left behind a bad economy and mismanaged the
affairs of state.
According to him, “they rushed with their political
statement and in decision making and unfortunately for them
they were quickly refuted by the World Bank and the IMF”.
Explaining further, Mr. Kufuor said his government left a
transparent and united government, but there is hypocrisy on
the part of some politicians and the media who always want
to make noise for their voice to be heard by accusing others
of corruption, without any credible evidence.
In an interview on Citi FM, Ex-Presdient Kufuor revealed
that during his tenure, Human Resource Development was his
topmost priority and led to the creation of numerous jobs
for the youth and the establishment of training centres all
over the country for them so that they can
be equipped with skills to work for the development
of the nation.
He also dismissed the allegations that he imposed his
decisions on his party, stating, “let me make it clear, I
have never imposed my decisions on the party. I will not do
that and it will not even be easy for me to do that, because
we have national executives” he concluded.
Former president John Agyekum Kufuor used the occasion to
commend the President of the United States of America for
refocusing African leaders to
the task of developing the African
continent.
According to him American presidents visiting Ghana has been
more of a tradition as former president Bill Clinton visited
the country during the tenure of former president Rawlings,
his term also saw former president Bush visiting Ghana and
now President Barack Obama in the time of President Mills.
He said this shows how strong the friendship of the two
countries stand and how similar and familiar things are in
both countries.
Ex-president Kufuor maintained that he will not put so much
emphasis on the support the US government through President
Obama will render to Ghana, but was rather happy that Obama
is a son of Africa.
“What I price above all in Obama’s visit is the fact that he
is a son of Africa and he has managed to set the historic
record of the first African-American becoming the president
of the United State.”
He said Obama’s visit is an inspiration to not only Ghana
but the rest of African, and with his policy statement of
Africa, it is important for Ghanaian youth to wake up to
help build Ghana.
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