Why he deserves a Nobel Prize

Some of us, in fact, were not at all surprised, when the news recently ran that President Akufo-Addo has been unanimously named best president of Africa by a research organization based in Canada, "Leaders of Tomorrow", and the United States. the think tank & World Vision Forum & # 39; (See: Akufo-Addo named best president of Africa, yen.com.gh/ghanaweb.com, 14/07/2019).

While Leaders of Tomorrow's research has put President Akufo-Addo at the top of the list of the best presidents in 2018 in Africa, the American think tank, the think tank based at the World Vision Forum, has named President Akufo-Addo Addo to the forefront of African countries.^rd in the world of the best presidents with a vision, ideas and practitioners of the rule of law.

The above-mentioned research, however, confirmed the comments made by journalists such as Ghana's senior journalist Malik Kweku Baako, Christine Lagarde, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights. extreme poverty and human rights. Philip Alston, who had previously praised the Akufo-Addo government for its excellent economic performance over the past two and a half years in office.

In 2017, the Bloomberg News, for example, predicted that Ghana would become "Africa's fastest growing economy in 2018" and that Ghana would be proclaimed "Africa's star in lenders' economic forecasts." in 2018 ".

And, in his report on the same achievements in fiscal policy, Le Monde pointed out that "Ghana's economic success is not only the result of an oil boom, but also of prudent economic management. A population of entrepreneurs, leaders and good governance. "

The Nigerian researcher recently made a presentation at the last NDC forum, in which he highlighted Ghana's booming economic growth under the NPP government.

Despite positive comments from reputable organizations and other personalities about Ghana's economy, opponents are not inspired. But are we really surprised? No, after all, did he not write, "No prophet is accepted in his homeland"?

As you recall, the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, went on mission to Ghana from 9 to 18 April 2018, in accordance with resolution 35/19 of the Human Rights Council.

The purpose of the visit was to badess and report to the Human Rights Council how much the Akufo-Addo Government's policies and programs aimed at mitigating the risk of human trafficking. extreme poverty are in line with its human rights obligations and make constructive recommendations to the government. Government and other stakeholders accordingly.

Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, said: "Ghana remains a champion of democracy in Africa, with power having regularly changed hands democratically since 1992.

"Ghana has no internal armed conflict and has avoided the serious security threats that its neighbors face. In terms of development, its number of Millennium Development Goals by 2015 is impressive.

"Ghana has achieved the goals of halving extreme poverty and halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water. It has also achieved the goals of universal primary education and gender parity in primary school.

"In the coming period, Ghana will become Africa's fastest-growing economy in 2018. Bloomberg News has proclaimed Ghana" the Star of Africa in Lender Economic Predictions in 2018 ".

"And in his reporting on the same fiscal policy results, Le Monde pointed out that Ghana 's success was not only the result of an oil boom, but also a prudent economic management, not least because a population of entrepreneurs and the role of traditional leaders and good governance.

"In addition, the results achieved by Ghana in terms of schooling and free meals for students and the creation of a health insurance system for the whole country are considerable results" (Philip Alston, 2018).

Apparently, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, added to the comment of the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde that the Ghanaian economy is in a better situation than in previous years. under the administration of John Dramani Mahama.

Lagarde said the Akufo-Addo government has made significant progress on macroeconomic stability, including inflation, which has dropped to a single figure and is now within the Bank of Ghana's tolerance range (BoG). ); sustained growth of about 5% on average between 2015 and 2018 and more than 6% in 2017-2018) and primary surplus in 2017 for the first time in 15 years (IMF 2018).

On the basis of the previous noteworthy achievements, some of us therefore can not be accused of harboring exaggerated emotions and persistently maintaining that President Akufo-Addo does indeed possess the attributes of a leader. visionary.

It is interesting to note that visionary leaders are distinguished by their positivism, idealized influence, inspiring motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual consideration (Nemanich & Keller, 2007).

Some experts argue, however, that the idealized influence describes visionary leaders as respectful, trustworthy, and meritorious people, while the idealized influence provides leaders with unparalleled ability to define vision and implement it in such a way that impact on their subordinates (Bbad et al., 2003).

On the other hand, inspiring motivation explains how visionary leaders constantly elevate the team spirit and encourage their subordinates to be creative (Bbad et al., 2003).

In addition, leadership and management experts observe that visionary leaders act as role models, motivate, give meaning, optimism, enthusiasm, strategic thinking and stimulate the intelligence of subordinates (Bbad, 1985).

If you remember well, in the 2016 election campaign, Nana Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the time, said: "I promise you that in the next 18 months, the new NPP government, under my leadership, country, Ghana, will change. "

And true to its word, the government of Akufo-Addo has managed in a short time to improve the economy previously asphyxiated. Ghana's economic growth, which had slowed from 4.0 per cent in 2014 to 3.7 per cent in 2015, has increased to 8.5 per cent by 2018 as a result of the consolidation of macroeconomic stability and implementation. measures to solve the "dumsor" of the disabling energy crisis (ADB).

Suffice it to say that despite the magnitude of the economic difficulties left by the previous NDC government, the Akufo-Addo government took pragmatic measures and stabilized the economy in a short time.

During this short period, the Akufo-Addo government effectively revived economic growth. Ghana's economy experienced provisional growth of 8.5 percent in 2017, compared to 3.7 percent in 2016 (Ghana Statistical Service, 2018).

Interestingly, however, in the same year (2017), the industry sector recorded the highest growth rate (16.7%), followed by agriculture (8.4%) and services. (4.3%).

The share of GDP devoted to services in GDP increased from 56.8% in 2016 to 56.2% in 2017. The growth rate of the sector also decreased from 5.7% in 2016 to 4.3% in 2017 .

However, two of the services sector sub-sectors recorded double-digit growth rates, of which 13.2% for information and communication and 14.4% for health and social work.

The industry sector, which is experiencing the strongest growth with a GDP share of 25.5%, saw its growth rate increase from -0.5% in 2016 to 16.7% in 2017.

The mining and quarrying subsector posted the strongest growth of 46.7% in 2017.

The agriculture sector has grown from a growth rate of 3.0% in 2016 to 8.4% in 2017. However, its share of GDP has risen from 18.7% in 2016 to 18% in 2016. , 3% in 2017. Crops remain the main activity with 14.2% of GDP. GDP.

The annual growth rate of non-oil GDP rose from 5.0% in 2016 to 4.9% in 2017. Non-oil GDP in 2017 registered a growth rate of 0.4%, compared with 4.9% in 2016. Growth in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 8.1%, compared to 9.7% in the third quarter (GNA, 2018).

It's indeed a leadership by the example. In fact, Nana Akufo-Addo is the "Moses" of our time.

We can therefore deduce that President Akufo-Addo is "Moses" of our time.

Biblically, Moses was a visionary leader. We read in Exodus that he was a shepherd – he had a modest, humble and patient education.

Moses used his humility, patience and tolerance when he had the opportunity to speak to God. He watched as thousands of sheep grazed in the fields. Moses noticed that he was missing a sheep and went to fetch him, finding him at a distance.

When the sheep had finished drinking, Moses lifted him on his shoulders and brought him back to the flock. When Jehovah God saw this, he realized that Moses was a man of reason, empathy and selfless devotion, a man truly worthy of leading his people. a man who would put his qualities of empathy at the disposal of the needs of his subordinates. After all, no one was watching Moses; Moses could easily have said to himself: "Why not worry about a single sheep when there are thousands"?

Yes, we (Ghanaians) made a conscious decision on the 7th^th December 2016 by electing the septuagenarian Akufo-Addo to save us from economic slavery, which was voluntarily imposed upon us by John Dramani Mahama, a mature man.

K. Badu, United Kingdom.

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