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<\/a><\/div>\nIndia\u2019s Minister of State for External Affairs, M.J. Akbar, has applauded the policies and programmes being implemented by the government of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n
Describing President Akufo-Addo as \u201ca father of democracy in Africa\u201d, Mr. Akhbar indicated that the government and people of India celebrate the ongoing contributions made by President Akufo-Addo to Ghana\u2019s development.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe celebrate also the fact that your programmes and policies, evidenced in your signature policies, about villages, agriculture, are indicative that you are as close to the people of your country as you always have,\u201d Mr. Akhbar said.<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cUnfortunately, in human history, sometimes, power distorts the relationship between the powerful and the people. But your commitment to the people, and your constant search for ways and means in which you can improve the lives of your people is the spine around which your government operates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. M.J. Akbar made this known when he paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo at the Presidency, on Tuesday, 15th<\/sup> August, 2017, on the occasion of India\u2019s 70th<\/sup> independence anniversary.<\/p>\nThe Indian Minister noted that \u201ctoday is not only a celebration of the last six or seven decades, but is also a celebration of the next 6 decades, and the birth of a new partnership that will make Ghana such a valuable destination for India.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was his hope that Ghana and India will build bridges in the immediate future, that will have the strength to transform the two countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether, we defeated colonisation. Together, as partners, we must define the future of the 21st<\/sup> century, by lifting our nations and taking them to the economic and equity forefront of the world. Our responsibility is to give the generations of the future an equally dramatic change so that we can also belong to, what is conventionally called, the best of the First World,\u201d he added.<\/p>\nM.J. Akbar presented a donation from the Indian government to the tune of $1 million for the renovation of the Flagstaff House, an edifice which was financed and constructed by India.<\/p>\n
Strong bonds of co-operation<\/strong><\/p>\nExpressing his delight at the visit at of the Minister, President Akufo-Addo noted that the synergy between Indian and Ghanaian freedom was deliberate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people who began the struggle for our nation\u2019s freedom were heavily influenced by events in India. Indeed, it was exactly 11 days before the 15th<\/sup> of August that they met in Saltpond to begin the battle for Ghanaian freedom, and they did so because they were conscious of what was taking place in India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/xIndia-2-300x200.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bgVJkeLJdJ.jpg\")
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He continued, \u201cMany of them, in fact, had close friendships with many of the leading lights of the Indian Nationalist Movement, and thought it would not be right to announce the struggle for Ghanaian freedom after Indian independence. So they did everything possible to assemble in Saltpond, even if it was 11 days before India\u2019s independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo conveyed the appreciation of the Ghanaian people for close and warm relations enjoyed between the two countries, the symbol of which is the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n
He also applauded the impact being made by India\u2019s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, not just domestically but also on the international scene, and also the contribution to the development of Ghana being made by the Indian community resident here.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo also thanked the government and people of India for the $1 million donated for the rehabilitation of the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n
The President was hopeful that in the course of his and the administration of Prime Minister Modi, Ghana and India would explore further \u201cavenues of economic intercourse and development. There is so much our two countries can gain from stepping up the quality of the value of exchanges between our two countries, which currently stands in the region of $3 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n
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