Africa still has major structural deficiencies on governance issues – Sirleaf "Awoko Newspaper

The ability of investment capital to seek the most efficient markets, and for producers and investors consumers to access the most competitive source, exposes and intensifies Speaking of cross-cutting issues that have affected the economic situation of African countries over the years, former president for Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, said that the continent still had major structural deficiencies in governance issues.
"We still have not found anything more consistent with our tradition and our culture," she said. "Have we really adopted the structures and systems to meet the demands of today? We always have what has been put in place right after independence and in some cases we have not been able to do that. We have not done anything to address these issues, "said Sirleaf, on the occasion of the launch of the Sierra Leone Fragility Case Study World Report" Escape from the trap. " of fragility "by former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, July 25 at the Miatta Conference Center
The study entitled" The root causes of fragility and of instability in Sierra Leone "by the Oxford Commission on Fragility of the State, Growth and Development, and was drafted by Herbert M & # 39; cle, Country Director for IGC Sierra Leone and IGC Liberia and Brian Ganson, Director of the African Center for Settlement of Disputes nds at Stellenbosch University Business School
She said she was happy to receive a copy of the report for Sierra Leone, "that interested me because Sierra Leone and Liberia have a lot similarities. So, I told her that I would like to listen to the presentation because it will help me better understand my country, "she said.
She said that although she understands Liberia and lived there his life, the study this time goes further, and not only did they get into history and culture, but they also had the data to support it ", it's an opportunity To find out more about some of the research that was done. If she was faced with implementation problems as a result of recommendations contained in global reports on her country, she replied that it is true that they were faced with these challenges and that, in some cases, "In the case of Liberia, for example, we decided that we had to have a decentralization program, so that more power could go to people in all the country rather than the center of the capital, "she said.] 07 As President of the Liberia at the time, she said she set up a very rigorous program at the beginning, with the opening of service centers so that most of the services to which people will have access can be brought closer to the area of the house rather than the center.
What she says is not enough, and that the region still has no political system that allows full participation in democracy. Citing the fact that he is trying to undermine and undermine the struggles and hostility that they experienced during their election campaign in 2017.
These issues, she says, undermine many of the things that are good for the economy because people had uncertainties and they were afraid because they do not know what the transition will look like.
"So we have to correct the political and economic system, there has been a lot of improvement in Liberia, we have been able to restore a lot of basic services, but we still have to resolve the issue of have a good economic structure that focuses on individuals other than big business, "she said., 25, 2018.