[ 2016-06-29 ]

Let’s end poverty in Africa – Kufuor
Former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor,
has challenged leaders on the African continent to
harness potentials that exist in the region to end
abject poverty and insecurity that have plagued
most households.

Mr. Kufuor also wants the leaders to form a
political and economic partnership within and
outside the continent to effectively integrate the
three pillars of sustainable development -
economic, social, and environmental - to ensure
that livelihoods are improved.

The former Ghanaian President was speaking at a
public lecture he chaired on “Sustainable
Development and Economic Growth in Africa” at
the University of Ghana (UG) on Monday.

The public lecture organized by the Millennium
Promise in collaboration with the Institute of
Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
brought together development experts worldwide to
brainstorm on a wide-range of issues that would
stimulate socio-economic growth and development in
Africa.

Areas discussed include education, agriculture
and food security, water, environment and human
health, energy, electronic and communication
technology, entrepreneurship, and the built
environment.

Mr. Kufuor further said effective leadership is
very critical to create the mindset for the
implementation of the post-2015 agenda on
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), entreating
governments on the continent to create the
conditions under which the SDGs should be
delivered.

"African leaders must learn how to negotiate with
the potential investors at local, national,
regional and global levels to help actualize the
effective implementation of the sustainable
development goals in order to propel
socio-economic growth on the continent," Mr.
Kufuor asserted.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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