President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has emphasised the need for elevated efforts in the direction of coping with the disturbing safety state of affairs within the Sahel.
A state of affairs he bemoans as not solely confirmed to the Sahel, however President Akufo also-Addo mentioned it stays a nightmare that the resolve of the Jihadist insurgents within the Sahel is concentrated on reaching the coast and linking up with pirates working with the Gulf of Guinea.
It is to avert this, that discovering the means and dealing in the direction of learn how to resolve the safety state of affairs within the Sahel have grow to be a “major security preoccupation of our country and indeed of the ECOWAS region generally.”
President Akufo-Addo was interacting with the Deputy Secretary of the United States, Kurt M. Campbell, who led a delegation from the US Department of State and the US Embassy to pay a courtesy name on the President on the Jubilee House in Accra, on Monday fifteenth July, 2024.
He appreciated profoundly the help and help that the United States, has historically given and continues to provide to Ghana, by way of the Electoral Commission and different establishments as a part of efforts to handle a reputable electoral course of.
He mentioned, similar to the state of affairs in America, Ghana can also be gearing in the direction of the polls come December this 12 months. “We are entitled to two terms, citizens of Ghana, to the presidency and I’m coming to the end of my second term. So, a new President must be elected; the same with our Parliament.”
“We share many common aspirations. Ghana is a very thriving democracy. Many of its institutions have been influenced by America’s history and democratic journey, and we’re determined to keep it so,” he added.
Deputy Secretary of State, Kurt M. Campbell, has a longstanding historical past with Ghana, having as soon as served as a board member of Standard Chartered and is famous for facilitating and negotiating the arrival of the Liverpool Football staff to Ghana in 2014 and 2015.