This governmental gerontocracy is troubling.
Prof Vakunta
On Monday, January 9, 2017, ALIKO SONGOLO <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> His inauguration speech?
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> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]
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>> January 7, 2017
>> BBC News Africa
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>> [image: Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo takes the oath of office
>> during the swearing-in ceremony at Independence Square, Accra, 7 January
>> 2016]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionNana Akufo-Addo takes the oath
>> of office during a ceremony at Independence Square in Accra
>>
>> Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn in as Ghana's new president after beating
>> John Mahama in last month's election.
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>> Heads of state from across Africa and thousands of guests and dignitaries
>> watched him take the oath of office at a ceremony in the capital, Accra.
>>
>> Mr Akufo-Addo, a 72-year-old former human rights lawyer, promised free
>> high school education and more factories.
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>> But critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.
>>
>> - Third time lucky for Nana Akufo-Addo
>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37977008>
>> - Ghana profile <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13433790>
>>
>> Mr Akufo-Addo's inauguration represents the latest peaceful handover of
>> power in Ghana.
>> [image: Ghana's new president Nana Akufo-Addo at a military parade
>> following his oath of office ceremony at Independence Square, Accra, 7
>> January 2017]Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionMr Akufo-Addo inspects a
>> military parade as part of his inauguration ceremony on Saturday[image:
>> A supporter of Ghana's new president Nana Akufo-Addo with her face painted
>> at his inauguration in Independence Square Accra, 7 January 2017]Image
>> copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe new president's campaign to fix the
>> country's faltering economy proved popular with Ghanaians
>>
>> Taking the oath of office in the capital's Independence Square on
>> Saturday, he promised to "protect and defend" Ghana's constitution.
>>
>> He said he would reduce taxes to boost the economy, adding that Ghana was
>> now "opened for business again".
>>
>> Mr Akufo-Addo later posted the full text of the presidential oath on the
>> social media site Twitter, using the hashtag #Inauguration2017
>> <https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/817688786935181312>.
>>
>> He tweeted that his position was was not an avenue for making money and
>> that he would not disappoint the people of Ghana.
>> [image: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana,
>> tweeted that he would not let his people down]Image copyrightTWITTER
>>
>> Mr Akufo-Addo, from the New Patriotic Party, was elected on his third
>> attempt to reach the post, after a campaign dominated by the country's
>> faltering economy.
>> ------------------------------
>> Nana Akufo-Addo[image: Presidential candidate of the opposition New
>> Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo arrives for a meeting with supporters
>> as official results are being awaited in Accra, on 8 December]Image
>> copyrightAFP
>>
>> - 72 years old
>> - Human rights lawyer
>> - Campaigned for a return to multi-party democracy under military rule
>> - A former justice and foreign minister in the NPP government from
>> 2001 to 2007, he is running for president for a third time
>> - His main promise was to build a factory in each of Ghana's more
>> than 200 districts
>>
>> Full profile <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37977008>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Mr Akufo-Addo has previously vowed to revive the country's economy,
>> saying that "there are brighter days ahead".
>>
>> An economic slump under Mr Mahama led to an International Monetary Fund
>> bail-out.
>>
>> The former president has defended his record, saying his government had
>> been up against "strong headwinds" that caused growth to slow, public
>> sector debt to rise and the country's currency, the cedi, to fall.
>>
>> Ghana has been a multi-party democracy since the end of military rule in
>> 1992 and the transition is seen as reinforcing its reputation for the
>> peaceful transfer of power between administrations.
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