{"id":687814,"date":"2019-08-21T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Council of State has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo as a listening President who takes his advisors seriously.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the Council of State is based on the expeditious manner in which the Presi"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:49:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:49:36","slug":"ghana-blessed-to-have-a-listening-president-council-of-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/21\/ghana-blessed-to-have-a-listening-president-council-of-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana blessed to have a listening President \u2013 Council of State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Council of State has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo as a listening President who takes his advisors seriously.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the Council of State is based on the expeditious manner in which the President accepted and implemented the recommendation for a downward review of the tariff regime at the country\u2019s port of entry.<\/p>\n<p>The Council said the president took decision barely six weeks after a meeting at Jubilee House.<\/p>\n<p>The Council also congratulated the President for putting his diplomatic credentials and skills to the full advantage of the country and its people in getting \u201cGhana selected as the Headquarters of the African Continental Free Trade Area secretariat, beating off formidable competition and challenges from other equally qualified countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nana Addo mocks Mahama over 'poor' Western Region roads\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SfTFJqniuMw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These observations were made when the members of the Council of State, led by its Chairperson, Daasebre Otuo Siriboe meet the President for their quarterly at the Jubilee House in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting which was held on Tuesday was to brief the President on activities being undertaken by the Council.<\/p>\n<p>They presented the President with copies of the second report of the Council of State for the period February 2018 to February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also discussed observations from engagements with the Electoral Commission, National Commission on Civic Education, and with the Senior Minister on the Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-543985 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Otuo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Touching on the Ghana Beyond Aid Charter, the Council noted that, based on a meeting with the Senior Minister, \u201cthe success as a nation in prosecuting the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda would be underpinned by discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nana Otuo Sriboe indicated that at a June 27, 2019 meeting with the Electoral Commission, \u201cthe council was happy to observe from their presentation and depth of knowledge that the Commissioners were equal to the task. Indeed, the Council felt vindicated that they had supported the nominations of the right caliber of people for appointment as Commissioners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his part, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo stated that the Council\u2019s review of activities was \u201cvery much in order, and I\u2019m happy about the matters that have engaged your attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cI\u2019m very happy that Parliament co-operated with the Executive to bring the Vigilante law into being. I think it\u2019s an important step that we need to take to address this very matter that has brought you here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo said \u201cmy own belief is that, apart from exhortations, we need also to strengthen the institutional arrangements because many of these things that happen are the result of delinquency on the part of the state itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis famous banking scandal, which has engulfed all of us, if the Bank of Ghana had acted responsibly and dealt with some of these issues like it should have been done, we would have never gotten in the situation where we are now. It was lax. As a result, look at the amount of money that the public exchequer on the first phase of the banking scandal; GH\u00a213 billion had to come from public funds to support the industry and make sure that the funds were secured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Council of State has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo as a listening President who takes his advisors seriously. 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