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Okyenhene calls on African leaders to condemn injustices on
the continent
Kibi (E/R), April 20, Ghanadot/GNA-The
Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori Panin has called on
African leaders to speak out against injustices on the
African continent if the continent is to move forward.
He said Former South African President, Nelson Madela spoke
out against apartheid and now we have a better South Africa
for which the whole world is proud of and the late Dr.
Martin Luther King spoke out against racism in the USA and
now the USA could boost of an African American becoming a
President.
Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori Panin was speaking at a durbar of
chiefs organized in honour of the visiting Sierra Leonean
President to Ghana, Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma at the Okyenhene’s
Palace at Kibi on Sunday.
He said the African continent is faced with the problem of
poverty, inadequate health care and inefficient educational
system and said African leaders need to work hard to ensure
that, together they could build a continent that the future
generation would be proud of.
Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori Panin said Africa has all the
necessary resources to make it, but what is needed is the
political will on the part of African leaders to succeed and
called for the raising of the level of tolerance among
African politicians.
President Koroma said Sierra Leone use to have difficulties
in the past but it is now safe and peaceful country.
He said currently, the challenge facing Sierra Leone is how
to improve upon its service delivery, energy supply and
health care and said the country had decided to look within
the West African Sub-region for support and invited
interested Ghanaian business persons to invest in the
country.
President Koroma said with the right investments, Sierra
Leone could be the best tourist destination and mining
country in Africa.
He congratulated the chiefs and people of Akyem Abuakwa
Traditional Area for their role in the political history of
Ghana and the African continent.
In a welcoming address, the Apegyahene of the Akyem Abuakwa
Traditional area, Nana Asante Bedeatuo narrated the history
of Akyem Abuakwa and the contribution of its citizens to the
political development of the country.
He said Kibi the headquarters of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional
Area is small geographically and in terms of population but
great in its contribution to the political history of Ghana
and Africa as a whole.
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