President Nana Akufo-Addo <\/strong><\/p>\nPresident Nana Akufo-Addo delivered his much anticipated address at the United Nations (UN) 74th General Assembly on Wednesday in New York, with a clarion call on global leaders to crack down on poverty and the exploitation of Africa.<\/p>\n
He also called for concerted global efforts in promoting education and fighting climate change.<\/p>\n
In his address delivered, Mr. Akufo-Addo spoke about global inequality and unfair trade practices that for him have contributed immensely to Africa\u2019s underdevelopment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe report of the panel chaired by the highly respected former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, on the illicit flow of funds from Africa, has raised the lid on what many had always suspected, but did not have the figures to support,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Akufo-Addo added that \u201caccording to the report, Africa is losing annually, more than $50 billion through illicit financial outflows.\u201d<\/p>\n
He urged that \u201ccollaboration is certainly needed amongst the nations of the world to stop this rape of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
On poverty, he noted that \u201cfor us, poverty is a daily reality that we live with and feel, for far too many of our people are burdened with it, and it Rob\u2019s us of the dignity that should be the inherent right of every human being.\u201d<\/p>\n
The President added that \u201cwe know that our performance as governments will be judged by how successful we are in reducing and eventually eradicating poverty in our countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the Ghanaian leader, if the world wants to marshal all its undoubted energies to support this fight, there cannot be a better start than acknowledgement and a consensus among the nations of the world that, indeed, poverty anywhere degrades us all, whether in the developed or developing world.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted that \u201cthe responsibility is ours as individual sovereign countries not to only aim at reducing poverty, but, actually, to create prosperity for all our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that \u201cwe, in Ghana, certainly are engaged in fighting to eradicate poverty from our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Offerring suggestions to fighting poverty and ensuring prosperity for global citizens, the President noted that \u201cthe application of technology can be the tool to set us on the road to prosperity. The modernisation of agriculture through the application of technology could well turn out to be the fastest way to make the turnaround that we seek.\u201d<\/p>\n
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