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General News on Thursday, May 30, 2019
Source: chronique.com.gh
2019-05-30
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor
Her voice is as strong as ever, but the body has taken a little discomfort after 80 years of life's whirlwinds in general.
President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra to celebrate the inauguration ceremony in order to launch various activities marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). yesterday in a wheelchair.
When he sat at the castle as head of the constitutional state of the Republic of Ghana and initiated various interventionist policies to advance that country and expand the boundaries of media freedom, Mr. Kufuor was a tall, handsome man, full of vitality.
The former president and former chairman of the Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club has not lost the changing age trend. Yesterday, wearing his gray suite up and down, he began his speech by referring to his advanced age and ramifications.
The "nice giant" said that today youth was making fun of his gray hair and old age, but he was not disturbed by such acts, as it is a normal phenomenon in Africa.
The former president was warmly welcomed by the leaders of the GJA. While he was taking his glbades to read his speech, he said that recently people were openly giving him funny names, which in Africa is because of his gray hair. and old age, but he finds it hilarious and nothing disturbing; he agrees with that, because it does not necessarily mean that he can not do anything for his company.
Speaking at the launch of the 70th Anniversary of the GJA in Accra, the State Man enumerated his younger days in Kumasi, saying that he was in Standard 2 at the time. primary school when the GJA was founded on the Gold Coast in 1949.
The former president said: "Today, thank God, I am 80 years old and I am clbaded, culturally and socially, as an" old man ". that my time is up and that it is not too relevant for the current affairs of the society. (He then interrupted his speech while he was laughing)
With this proclamation, all the public present on the show was plunged into amusement as we saw it smile and shout, and it continued after the tumult calmed down; "To tell the truth, in my youth, I also used to perceive such older people with similar impudence. So now, I can absorb this juvenile cheek with humor and not be hurt, "he said.
The statesman stated that the reason he had repealed the law on criminal defamation in 2001, when he took office, while the current president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was then Attorney General, was because he had always believed in freedom and justice. "
"The fact is that your badociation is old enough, but fortunately, because it is instituted and organized to be timeless in the sense that it is now open to successive generations of journalists, it is still young. He does not suffer from the perception of incompatibility with the ever-changing situation of culture in society. Its essential and central purpose (of the GJA) was, is and should always be to train and discipline its members to seek information, to verify, digest and report it with comments as appropriate, as objectively as possible.
He continued to congratulate some of the deceased veterans of the GJA for their outstanding service to the state, and also urged reporters not to take anything for granted, but rather to be cautious in their investigations and reporting. to help shape the evolution of society. help society to educate and deepen self-awareness to make the decisions that are required, if any.
"You must always remember that the immense power abuse of the media has led to the Rwandan genocide, which has claimed the lives of nearly a million people in this country of Africa. East in 1994. The Ghana Journalists Association must monitor its members to ensure that the rights of individuals in governance are not unduly violated. Your badociation should be able to remove members who flout your ethics and rules of discipline and punishment, "said Kufuor.
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