{"id":462427,"date":"2018-02-07T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T19:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/kufuor-berates-self-styled-strong-leaders-as-he-embarks-on-%c2%a280m-fundraising-project\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T19:21:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T19:21:30","slug":"kufuor-berates-self-styled-strong-leaders-as-he-embarks-on-%c2%a280m-fundraising-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/kufuor-berates-self-styled-strong-leaders-as-he-embarks-on-%c2%a280m-fundraising-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kufuor berates self-styled &#8216;strong&#8217; leaders as he embarks on \u00a280m fundraising project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday,  7 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-07<\/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\/53659845.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Agyekum Kufour34\" title=\"John Agyekum Kufour34\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John 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=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\/2018\/02\/1518031290_80_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former President John Kufuor has criticized African leaders, most of whom he said are behaving as if they have no vision.<\/p>\n<p>He does not understand why Africa should be wallowing and groping in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the situation squarely on the self-styled strong men of Africa who, right from the independence of individual countries, did not show any modicum of respect to the citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still wallowing and groping as if we don\u2019t have a vision; we don\u2019t just know what to do and why since independence many of us or for our countries have been reduced under people who styled themselves, strong men who really did not respect the dignities of Africans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-president made the comment, Wednesday, during the launch of an ambitious 80 million cedi fundraising campaign to fund his Foundation\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>The money will serve as an Endowment Fund to sustain Mr Kufuor\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p>The year-long fundraising programme is under the theme \u201c80\/80\u201d which will coincide with the 80th birthday celebration of the ex-president.<\/p>\n<p>A consummate politician, Mr Kufuor served as president from 2001-2008 and is credited with transforming Ghana from a developing economy to a middle-income status.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kufuor believes with the right leaders, Africa will go places.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 71 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 Wednesday, 7 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-07 Former President John Kufuor Former President John Kufuor has criticized African leaders, most of whom he said are behaving as if they have no vision. 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