Nana Addo reveals how Africa can solve its Problems

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the problems and challenges confronting the African continent can best be solved by Africans themselves.

According to Nana Addo, no foreign power can solve Africa's problems “except Africans themselves.”
“It should not require emphasizing that no one is going to sort out matters for Africa, except Africans themselves. We must match those who come to do business with us, in all the skills they possess. We must have our own set of bright and sharp lawyers, our own set of bright and sharp accountants, to keep us abreast with the sharp and bright lawyers and accountants that our trade partners have. In much the same way, we need to have our own bright and sharp technologists to keep us abreast with our competitors.”

Speaking at a public forum in Abuja, Nigeria, organized by the Kukah Centre President Akufo-Addo bemoaned how Africa with all its rich human and mineral resources is unable to make life better for its citizens.

“We have the most spectacular natural surroundings, grandest rivers and mountains, we have minerals that the world would kill for.”

President Akufo-Addo called on his fellow African leaders to enact policies and programmes that will make it possible for African countries to trade among themselves without restrictions.

“In 2000, intra-regional trade accounted for 10% of Africa’s total trade and increased marginally to 11% in 2015. Trading amongst members of the European Union, for example, amounted to 70% in 2015. I believe it is extremely important for the welfare of the 1.2 billion people of the continent that we, the leaders, demonstrate a strong political will to make the African Union an economic and political success and to make the project of integration real.”

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana for Nigeria, to attend a two-day International Conference on Transformative Governance in Africa.

A press statement from the Presidency said the President left for Nigeria upon the invitation of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah.

 

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