US ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson has commended former President John Mahama for the infrastructural drive he embarked upon while President of Ghana.
According to him, the various projects Mahama constructed are important for Ghana.
“I think ex-president Mahama had a vision, too, so, I want to give him credit where credit is due, his emphasis was on infrastructure, which is very important – schools, clinics, hospitals, roads, President Mahama did a lot for this country,” Ambassador Jackson said while commending President Akufo-Addo in an interview with Ghanaweb.
He however noted Mr. Akufo-Addo is more visionary than some recent Ghanaian leaders.
“I do think that he is more visionary than some recent Ghanaian leaders. President Akufo-Addo’s focus on the private sector and making the private sector the engine of growth rather than government being the driving force is how I see the difference between the two of them.
“Both of them had visions for the country, I think President Akufo-Addo’s vision of private sector-led growth is likely to create more jobs and propel the economy forward faster than the infrastructure investments but the infrastructure investments were important.
“President Akufo-Addo’s vision of one district-one factory may not be realised in his first term or even his second, if there is one, but the idea is exactly what is needed to get beyond aid – that you have to industrialize, that you build your industrial base, that you create jobs so that people do not want to trek across the desert and be potentially enslaved in Libya or even if they make it to Libya, drown in the Mediterranean, we need to change the dialogue so that people do not see it as their only alternative, we need to make Ghana attractive for young people to stay here and see that they can be entrepreneurs, that they can have a real bright future here”.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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so desperate a man, so diplomatic an ambassador...just like his israeli partner. Africa is finally freeing itself from ur religious, economic and mental chains, at any expense.
YES THIS BABOOON OF A HE GOAT WILL PRAISE MAHAMA ALL BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT FROM ALL THE CREATE LOOT AND SHARE SYNDROME OF THE NDC. OF COURSE WHEN THEY BUY OVER SEVEN HUNDRED CARS,AIRPLANE FROM THEM,THEY BENEFIT ECONOMICALLY WHILES THE MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS SUFFER.THIS AMERICAN MAN SHOULD STICK TO HIS ISSUING OF VISAS AND LEAVE US ALONE TO PONDER OVER OUR SUFFERING UNDER MAHAMA AND HIS NDC CRIMINALS.
Mahama did all those things for his re-election, not for Ghana
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR NPP TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR ONCE WHAT MAHAMA DID RIGHT.IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO REFER TO A PROJECT THAT WAS DONE BY MAHAMA, HE WILL SAY IT WAS DONE BY KUFOUR ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW MAHAMA MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES WITH SOME WRONG DOINGS AND CHOICES COUPLE WITH OBVIOUS CORRUPTION,NOTWITHSTANDING THAT DOES NOT MEAN HE DID NOT DO ANY THING BENEFICIAL TO MOTHER GHANA WHILE HE WAS ON POWER SIT. LET'S BE SINCERE,WITHOUT SCHOOL BUILDINGS HOW CAN FREE SHS COMMENCE? IF WE CANNOT SEE IT, AN AMERICAN WHO LIVES HERE AND SEE EVERYTHING IS TELLING US THE TRUTH. THAT'S TOO BAD. ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT OTHER PARTIES DO RIGHT AND CRITICIZE WHAT THEY DO WRONG IS A GOOD POLITICS, COMMON YOU NEED TO MATURE (GROW IN YOUR THINKING...). ONE DAY NPP WILL LEAVE POWER, IMAGINE THEY THROW ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS PRESENT GOVERNMENT TO THE GUTTER,HOW WOULD NPP FEEL.REMEMBER TIME CHANGES...
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Yeah right! The US doesn’t want Ghana or any African country to ACTUALLY develop. They want us to continue to rely on aid. This is why the CIA directed by the US government toppled Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana was about to be one of the tigers like we have in Asia, but tofiakwa for an African country to succeed.... if mahama was so good then the US should give him the keys to the federal reserve and see if mahama won’t loot it within 2 days.
THE HONORABLE AMBASSADOR IS RIGHT. GREAT ANALYSIS OF NATION BUILDING METHODS. GHANA NEEDS BOTH NANA'S VISION AS WELL AS MAHAMA'S VISION FOR THE COUNTRY. IT IS A MATTER OF PRIORITY. WE NEED ROADS, CLINICS, BRIDGES, SCHOOLS, AIRPORTS, UNIVERSITIES, POLY-TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES, SEAPORTS, HOUSING, AND ALL THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY. BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE CREATES JOBS. DO WE HAVE ENOUGHT LATRINES AND OTHER PLACES OF CONVENIENCE IN THE COUNTRY TO MAKE THE CITIZENS HEALTHY? HOW CAN WE KEEP OUR CITIES CLEAN? CREATE JOBS BY EMPLOYING PEOPLE TO CLEAN THEIR OWN CITIES. HOW CAN WE PROVIDE WATER FOR EVERY CITIZEN IN THE COUNTRY? CREATE JOBS BY EMPLOYING PEOPLE TO DIG TRENCHES AND LAYING PIPE LINES TO PROVIDE WATER FOR EVERY CITIZEN. CREATE JOBS TO MEET YOUR SANITATIONAL NEEDS. CREATE JOBS TO MEET YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS. LAY HEAVY TAXES ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO CARE FOR THE PUBLIC NEEDS THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLES GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO EXPLOIT. ACTUALLY A UNION OF THE VISIONS OF THE TWO PRESIDENTS WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR GHANA. THE PREDICTION BY THE AMBASSADOR THAT 1D-1F IS NOT REALIZABLE IN THE LIFETIME OF NADAA'S PRESIDENCY IS OMINOUS. HOW ABOUT RE-BULDING THE OVER 300 FACTORIES THAT WERE BUILT BY PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS? WHY DO WE HAVE TO BUILD MORE FACTORIES AND LET OTHER FACTORIES ROT? OH MY PEOPLE. YOU ARE LOST.
Anthony Adusei, I dare you to Catalogue all the inflated infrastructural contracts of Mahama and go after him now that you are in power and even have a Special Prosecutor. Besides your "incorruptible" government has been in power, why have nt they gone after Mahama after all these wild allegations. Nana is yet to initiate a single infrastructural project but rather spends time shamelessly appropriating and commissioning projects that he vilified Mahama for initiating. Talk, is in deed cheap and I am happy that the Ambassador has realized the good deeds of Mahama
The two commentaries above shows you guys did not read the article. Guys, read before you comment.
Its up to Ghanaians to tell, based on their living conditions, not expatriate who lives in Ghana, taking salaries in dollars and spending them in Ghs to tell us this. That should be none of his business. just as Americans don't want Russians to meddle with their election, this ambassador should stay clear out of our politics. Is he NDC's communications director now? Did he see anything wrong with Mahama? Is America going to tolerate that inflated cost of the infrastructure he claimed Mahama did? He has every right to praise him because America got what they were looking for from Ghana because Mahama and his government could not think deep to have fair deals with USA, always gave them frebies