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President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo Dankwa described Ghana as the safest in the West African region and called on Africans in the diaspora to come and explore, live and live. 39, Year of return 2019 "in their country.
Addressing the Legislative Assembly of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, President Akufo-Addo said: "In today's world, where crime and terror are unfortunately part of daily life, I can say that Ghana is certainly the safest country in the West African region and remains one of the few places in the world where we are not embarrbaded to see us themselves as holders. "
He said this "Year of Return" would be used as a bridge to strengthen ties between Ghana, the continent and the African diaspora.
Home Coming and Investment Summit, Afro-American Investment Forum, Pan-African Day and Emancipation Celebrations, from Jamestown to Jamestown, the Film Festival and the Full Circle Festival are some of the activities that will be organized to commemorate this annual event.
"For those of you who would like to come and stay, we welcome you. Africa is your country and Ghana would be happy to serve as a bridge between the diaspora and the African continent, "said the President.
President Akufo-Addo, who is currently touring five Caribbean countries as part of efforts to promote "Year of Return," told the House of Assembly of St. Vincent and -the Grenadines that 2019 marked the 400th anniversary of the first arrival recorded in South America. West African slaves.
"We remember this anniversary to underscore our determination to never allow Africa to afford, as well as its people, to suffer such an obscene, degrading and dehumanizing catastrophe," the statement said. President Akufo-Addo.
He added: "Never again do a dozen armed foreigners, with the connivance of some of our citizens, would reduce Africans to trade in goods."
President Akufo-Addo said that although they "may have started as slaves, the contribution of Africans to the development of the Americas and the Caribbean is incomparable".
The African Union declares that the Diaspora is the 6th region of the continental body.
The president said Africans in the diaspora were providing the manpower needed to build American railroads and industries – American and Caribbean infrastructure – and spoke of the innovative role they had played and played. continued to play in the fields of science, sports, music, arts and manufacturing in the Americas and the Caribbean.
President Akufo-Addo said that many African inventors hold patent rights on a large number of innovations, including fiber optic cable, pacemaker, blood bank, gas masks, fires signaling, the world's fastest computer, voice over IP, the closed network. circuit television, among others.
In the sporting world, he said that Africans in the diaspora had shown zeal and commitment to hard work and discipline, especially in the areas of football, athletics, basketball and football. many other games that had taken them to new heights to supplement the efforts of the descendants and the suffering of those who were forcibly transported to the Americas about 400 years ago.
"It is written on the last door of the dungeon of the slave castles that dot our coast, DOOR OF NO RETURN. Let's show that we can come back, we came back and we have overcome the humiliation and degradation of 400 years ago, "added President Akufo-Addo.
President Akufo-Addo said that Ghana had an unobstructed view and that some Ghanaians were unaware, but visitors found it dignified and breathtaking.
Ghana's most important badet has always been its people, said President Akufo-Addo, adding that "The welcome you will find in Ghana, with all the respect you deserve in this House, is unique and unique anywhere else.
"Our foods are interesting and tend to be sampled once, never forgotten.I guess I do not need to remind you that we are Kente's home, the fabric that ended up defining the black race everywhere in the world, and we are at the forefront of fashion Our music is catchy and unforgettable, and the drums and rhythms allow us to distinguish ourselves.
President Akufo-Addo left St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday night to visit Trinidad and Tobago, where he spent two nights in the country.
Source: ISD (Rex Yeboah Mainoo)
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