According to him, it is worrying that as Africa tries to move away from pre-historic days to more modern times where democracy reigns and the electorate can determine their own leaders, there still seems to be some few “dinosaurs” on the continent.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana Show, Nana Akomea said it is embarrassing that there are still people who prefer the old authoritarian rule to democracy. He said one of the reasons why Africa is still backward on this continent is a result of the strong man rule where one person will rule a country for several years because his ‘strength’.
“Both Libya and Cote D’Ivoire crisis are disgrace to Africa and efforts to move from the old days of the strong man to a more enlightened day where there is democracy and people can determine their own leader and not to be overtaken by one strong man who rules for over twenty years is not working. (This is) because we still have a few dinosaurs living in the past like the Mugabe’s and the Yoweri Museveni’s,” he said.
He said countries like Ghana have experience peace and freedom which are perfect examples of the benefits of democracy as against one man imposing himself on everybody.
To him, the Cote D’Ivoire and Libya situation is a throwback to the past.
“…the past that every country is trying to break loose of is staring us in the face because of Cote D’Ivoire and Libya,” he added.
He called on ECOWAS and the UN to do everything within their means to ensure that the personalities involved in the crisis are dealt with so that they do not make the whole continent a laughing stock.
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