We are tired of the 'dictator & # 39; Museveni, we want you as president – Ugandan in Akufo-Addo

General News of Sunday, March 31, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-03-31

Seguya Hillary Innocent Taylor, Uganda's global ambbadador and student at Harvard, told Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, during a question-and-answer session at a news conference. event held at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Boston. In the United States of America, the citizens of this East African country were tired of their dictatorial leader, President Yoweri Museveni, and would like to exchange it for the Ghanaian leader.

After giving a speech at the university entitled "Empowering young people, the future of Africa", the audience was allowed to ask Mr. Akufo-Addo questions.

It was Mr. Seguya's prelude to his question, which somewhat disrupted the Ghanaian leader.

"Thank you very much, Excellency Nana, for this wonderful pan-African speech. I am sure that our great ancestors, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela Madiba, are very positive about what you talked about. I'm calling Seguya Hillary Innocent Taylor. I am Ugandan and I am studying International Relations here at Harvard. I would like us to trade you against our Ugandan President, the dictator Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in power for 33 years and we tell him that it's enough, that's enough.

In his speech, the Ghanaian leader urged African leaders to use the enormous wealth the continent has to develop and empower their respective youth populations.

President Akufo-Addo said: "I put a lot of hope in their ability to shape the future of Africa and to make Africa the lion that it was supposed to be."

To this end, the President stressed that Africa must develop a strategy to reap the demographic dividend offered by a young population, adding that "the opportunities offered by the population will not automatically guarantee a future of growth and prosperity. . Demographic dividends do not come automatically. They must be won. "

To achieve the demographic dividend, African countries must, he stressed, invest in the empowerment, education and employment of young people.

"Nobody needs to tell us that mbad unemployment in Africa, especially among young people, is a ticking time bomb. The so-called Arab Spring has clearly shown that the lack of employment opportunities can undermine social cohesion and political stability. With 10 to 12 million young people entering the labor market each year, Africa must pay maximum attention to job creation, he added.

While young people were willing to risk everything to improve their situation, the president stressed that it was essential to increase investment in youth, including promoting quality education that prepares them for a promising future. d & # 39; opportunities.

"That is why the policy of free high school, introduced by my government two years ago and experiencing a spectacular expansion, access to secondary education for all young people of Ghana opens more and more opportunities to the young female population of Ghana. . The legislation is redefining basic education to include kindergarten to the end of high school and make it mandatory for all children in Ghana, "he said.

Describing the 21st century as the century of science and technology, the president said that mastering digital technologies by young Africans should be a major challenge for young Africans who want to survive in this technological environment. competitive.

In addition, as several of the continent's economies depend on production and export of raw materials, President Akufo-Addo noted that it was impossible for these economies to produce wealth and prosperity for their economies. peoples, especially their young people, explaining that "the time has come. were responsible for processing our own resources. It is time for us in Africa to manage our resources well to generate wealth for our people. "

President Akufo-Addo also advocated for the involvement of young people in decisions that affect them, saying that Africa can not talk about shaping the future without talking about welfare and well-being. to be young.

"It is important that Africa concretizes these ideas to harness the value of a young population, placing human rights, gender equality, human capital development and the dignity at the center of all our investments. It is only by offering opportunities that open the future to all young people that we will create a better future, "added the president.

While stressing that Africa does not have a DNA that condemns it to failure, the Africans, added the President, can, like all other peoples who have succeeded, give meaning to life and make it dignified to live for their own people.

"There is an abundance of dynamic and enterprising talent on our continent who strive to express themselves and take advantage of such conditions. We must encourage this expression with all our might and ensure that we can remain autonomous and prevent the systematic looting and pillaging of our human and material resources that have characterized much of our modern history. That is the meaning of Ghana's concept beyond aid, or even that of Africa beyond aid, "added President Akufo-Addo.