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Report on Union Government presented
to to President Kufuor
Accra, Dec. 27, Ghanadot/GNA – The 13-member high-level
Panel tasked by African Leaders at the July Accra Summit to
carry out an audit of the African Union (AU) for purposes of
facilitating political integration of the Continent on
Thursday presented its Report to President John Agyekum
Kufuor at the Castle, Osu.
The Panel set up in September, this year, and chaired by
Professor Adebayo Adedeji, took a little over three months
to complete its job.
The over 200-paged Report comes in three parts. Part one
gives a background to the demand for Union Government, while
the second part identifies what it terms the “accelerators.”
The final part deals with what the roadmap should be and
ways to fast track the process.
President Kufuor, who is Chairman of the AU, praised the
Panel for its work of helping the Heads of State and
Government “to define the Continent, the way it should be
defined.”
Africa, he said, had always been in search of itself adding
that, through the extensive consultations with the African
public by the Panel, the Document could be proudly said to
be owned by Africans.
He directed that copies should be circulated to all African
Leaders, representatives of Africans in the Diaspora and
Council of Ministers to guide the Heads of State and
Government at their next Summit.
Professor Adedeji said in doing its work, the Panel
interacted extensively with stakeholders and considered more
than 300 documents and proposals.
This was the first time in the history of the Pan African
Organisation that there had been such an audit of its
established Organs in terms of policy and programmes
implementation.
He said, although it would not be possible to put a date on
the formation of the Union Government, they identified
alternative routes to speed up its realization.
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