{"id":448859,"date":"2017-12-21T03:51:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T03:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/i-dont-miss-being-president-kufuor\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T03:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T03:51:44","slug":"i-dont-miss-being-president-kufuor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/i-dont-miss-being-president-kufuor\/","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t miss being president \u2013 Kufuor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/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\/86066629.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kufuor New Starr\" title=\"Kufuor New Starr\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John Agyekum Kufuor<\/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\/1513828304_657_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has stated that he does not miss being the first gentleman of the land adding that he feels fulfilled after serving the constitutionally mandated term in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I got there and I served two terms that the constitution wanted, what more could I have wanted\u2026rather I wish that successive regimes could have done this or that,\u201d Mr. Kufour told Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The former President also disclosed that he had a civil relationship with his both President John Mills and John Mahama but never got the opportunity to support them with any form of advice due to ideological differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Mills was nice with me\u2026President Mahama came [and] he was also very nice with me but once again I couldn\u2019t suggest anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former President, however, hailed President Akufo-Addo and the impact he has made since he took over from Mr. Mahama in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Akufo-Addo\u2019s government has so far been very impressive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far so good\u2026the selection of his team, and then the policies and the way in one term he has been able to put his stand firm on the continent with the stream of presidents coming in, he has done well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyekum Kufuor was born on 8 December 1938. 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