Adnan Adams Mohammed
His Excellency John Dramani Mahama has given an assurance that all hopes are not lost yet for the African contitnent inspite of her numerous challenges.
Delivering a lecture organised by Chatham House on the topic “Africa’s strategic priorities and global role”, the former President of the Republic of Ghana called on regional blocs to have a firmer grip with effective leadership on their various nations to help address challenges.
“All hope is not lost for Africa”, Mr Mahama said. “Africa, including my country Ghana, has strategic priorities and is ready and willing to play its role in the global community.”
“It is also of critical importance that regional bodies like the ECOWAS, SADC, EAC, CEMAC, the Arab Maghreb Union and African Union must be empowered to have a firmer grip on their member nations to address regional/ continental/ global challenges. Other international bodies like the European Union and the TANA High-Level Forum for Security in Africa, which I chair, must provide the needed support, including oversight and scrutiny of activities likely to lead to serious consequences.”
The former president stressed on this point of oversight because we observe that the laxity in supervision and oversight has given free reins to some leaders on the continent to wreak constitutional tyranny on their people with some changing their country’s constitution so they could run for extended terms.
“No single country in Africa can on its own attain the highest level of development when it is
surrounded by neighbouring countries engaging in full scale-conflict. It is therefore important
that there is stability and sustainable development in Africa, which will help lead to global
security and prosperity.
“With the right steps and visionary leadership as well as a willingness to dig deep and find
innovative solutions to the decades-old challenges, we must emerge a stronger force to reckon
with.”
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