{"id":427824,"date":"2011-05-21T10:11:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T10:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/cote-divoire-jonathan-sarkozy-to-hold-talks-at-ouattara-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T10:11:59","slug":"cote-divoire-jonathan-sarkozy-to-hold-talks-at-ouattara-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/cote-divoire-jonathan-sarkozy-to-hold-talks-at-ouattara-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Cote d’Ivoire: Jonathan, Sarkozy to Hold Talks at Ouattara Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ahamefula Ogbu<\/p>\n

21 May 2011<\/p>\n

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Yamoussoukro \u2014 President Goodluck Jonathan will Saturday as part of his visit to Cote d’Ivoire, meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Yamoussoukro, where the duo are expected to hold bilateral talks on issues of common interest especially the deepening of democracy in the West African sub region.<\/p>\n

The meeting is expected to continue the talks earlier started last year when both of them met in Niece, France during the French-African summit.<\/p>\n

It will dwell on the efforts of President Jonathan who is the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States is stabilising the region.<\/p>\n

The meeting between Sarkozy and Jonathan is slated to hold at the Ivorien presidential villa after which Jonathan will head for the venue of the inauguration of President Allassane Outtarra.<\/p>\n

Though details of the agenda of the meeting is not known, sources said Sarkozy would meet with Jonathan over the role he played both as President of the Africa’s most populous nation and Chairman of ECOWAS in ensuring that democratic rule returned to Cote d’Ivorie inspite of Laurent Gbagbo’s intransigence.<\/p>\n

Jonathan is expected back to the country later Saturday.<\/p>\n

Cote d’Ivorie is already agog with preparations for the inauguration of Quattara though the situation is still tense in the country with youths half clad in military fatigues brandishing weapons though without harassing anyone.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, President Jonathan’s new cabinet will be formed shortly after his inauguration on May 29, 2011 after which those who make the cabinet would be taken for a retreat in Obudu Cattle Ranch, Cross River State.<\/p>\n

The President has also directed the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) to henceforth consider only firms with proven competence and capability as core investors in any of the concerns to be privatised in the country.<\/p>\n

President Jonathan predicated his directive to BPE on the poor results so far posted by privatised organizations and insisted that there was need for redirection of the way things were being done in the privatisation exercise.<\/p>\n

The position of the President was made known by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro who briefed State House Correspondents.<\/p>\n

Niboro said there was need for the companies to perform to expectation in line with the privatisation policy.<\/p>\n

“He is understandably disturbed by certain developments because many of the privatised companies are not doing well. In fact many of them don’t seem to have fared better in private hands than they did in government hands apart from one or two, maybe the Eleme Petroche-micals,” he said.<\/p>\n

Continuing, he stated, “So today the President has given a directive to the Bureau of Public Enterprises that from hence, all privatisation decision must be based on competence, capability and capacity to deliver.<\/p>\n

“No other considerations must be admitted, no politics no influences. The President is going to be strict and is going to monitor it directly, to ensure that only those issues of competence, capacity and capability will guide investment decisions now going forward”.<\/p>\n

Niboro also said the cabinet would be formed by the President shortly after his inauguration on May 29, 2011 after which those who make the team would be taken for a retreat in Obudu Cattle Ranch, Cross River State.<\/p>\n

“The President has four years to deliver and he is not going to waste any minute of it. So the areas the President is going to focus on will be areas of power, infrastructure and human capacity development.<\/p>\n

“We are looking at a target where we have an inclusive growth circle in all aspects. It is very easy for people to say oh if he can achieve power he would have done everything. But you cannot pursue power when the children are not in school, you cannot pursue education while hospitals are dead. The President is planning an integrated approach to governance on all decisions,” he said.<\/p>\n

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