{"id":443162,"date":"2017-12-02T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/empowered-ghanaians-key-to-development-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T23:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T23:11:09","slug":"empowered-ghanaians-key-to-development-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/empowered-ghanaians-key-to-development-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowered Ghanaians key to development &#8211; Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/93276694.295.jpg\" alt=\"President Akufo Addo Delivering A Speech At The National Defence College\" title=\"President Akufo Addo Delivering A Speech At The National Defence College\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The only way to ensuring prosperity in Ghana and the Africa is through value addition, Nana-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512256269_839_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the only way to ensuring prosperity in Ghana and the Africa continent is through value addition.<\/p>\n<p>He said industrial development will be the way to transform and get a diversified modern economy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 60th anniversary of Kumasi Academy on Saturday, 2 December 2017 in Kumasi, Mr Akufo-Addo said educated workforce will be the facilitators to help the nation to achieve it.<\/p>\n<p>He said majority of African economies depend solely on production and exports of raw materials, adding that they are not to blame.<\/p>\n<p>He said the countries that have done well even without natural resources are the countries that invested in education and skills training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not gold, cocoa, diamond, timber, or oil that is going to build our nation. 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