{"id":443284,"date":"2017-12-03T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/africa-must-stop-depending-on-foreign-aid-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-03T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T15:00:39","slug":"africa-must-stop-depending-on-foreign-aid-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/africa-must-stop-depending-on-foreign-aid-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa must stop depending on foreign aid \u2013 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 Sunday,  3 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/27858261.295.jpg\" alt=\"Macron Addo\" title=\"Macron Addo\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>French president, Emmanuel Macron and Ghana president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512313239_308_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 says Africa has what it takes to develop on its own without aid from the Western world.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference with France President Emmanuel Macron during the latter\u2019s one-day working visit to Ghana on Thursday, President Akufo- Addo said African countries cannot continue to make policies based on the support the Western world can give.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cOur responsibility to charter a path which is about how we can develop our nations ourselves. It is not right for a country like Ghana, 60-years after independence to still have its health and education budget being financed on the basis of the generosity and charity of European taxpayers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Western countries such as France offer help only when they stand to benefit adding that even though those helps are welcomed, Africa should not depend on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have a mindset that says we can do it\u2026 and once we have that mindset we\u2019ll see there\u2019s a liberating factor for ourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Akufo-Addo said the only way Africa can stop its young men and women from migrating to other countries to seek greener pastures is to put in place systems that work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to have those energies working inside our countries and we are going to have those energies if we begin to build systems that tells the young people of our country that their hopes, the opportunities are right here with us,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Africa has at least 30% of the most important minerals in the world as well as vast arable lands and the youngest population, a clear indication that the continent can succeed on its own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur concern should be with what we need to do in this 21st century to move Africa away from being cup-in-hand and begging for aid, for charity and for handouts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fvideos%2F1722057137871677%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=600\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 3 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-03 play videoFrench president, Emmanuel Macron and Ghana president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Africa has what it takes to develop on its own without aid from the Western world. 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