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Ejura marks 61 Independence Anniversary

Alhaji Mohammed Salisu Bamba, Municipal Chief Executive of the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipal Assembly speaking on behalf of the President, Nana Akufo Addo on the 61st Independence Anniversary of Ghana challenged the citizenry to have a change in attitude to move the country to the path of prosperity.

Date Created : 3/9/2018 11:43:01 PM : Story Author : Alhaji Mohammed Salisu Bamba, Municipal Chief Executive of the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipal Assembly speaking on behalf of the President, Nana Akufo Addo on the 61st Independence Anniversary of Ghana challenged the citizenry to have a change in attitude to move the country to the path of prosperity.

“It is time to pursue a path to prosperity and self-respect for our nation. A Ghana Beyond Aid is a prosperous and self-confident Ghana that is in charge of its economic destiny.”

According to him, it is unfortunate that for a country that is well endowed with many natural resources such as gold, bauxite, diamonds, oil, timber, cocoa, water, fertile land, poverty continues to be our lot. “We have huge infrastructural deficits. Mismanagement, corruption and high fiscal deficits have become the hallmarks of our economy, which we finance through borrowing and foreign aid.”

According to him, “Ghana Beyond Aid”, will require effectively harnessing our own resources and creatively and efficiently deploying them for rapid economic and social transformation. This, he noted, will require hard work, enterprise, creativity, and a consistent fight against corruption in public life. “It will also require that we break from a mentality of dependency and adopt a confident can-do spirit, fuelled by love for our dear country, Ghana. We cannot subordinate the common good to build a prosperous nation to the selfish interest of a few.”

CORRUPTION

The MCE noted that corruption continue to be a bane of the country’s development but added that with the office of the Special Prosecutor now in place we can expect more prosecutions for corruption in the coming months and public officials, present and past, should be on notice that they would be held accountable for their actions.

“There is, however, one piece of the anti-corruption framework that is yet to be put in place; The Right to Information Act. It would increase transparency and add another critical weapon to the armoury in the fight against corruption. After many years of hesitation, we intend to bring a Bill again to Parliament and work to get it passed into law before Parliament rises”. These measures, he said, will help protect the public purse, and called for all citizens to get involved in the fight against the canker of corruption.

SECURITY

The President assured the citizenry of their protection to be able to go about their legitimate businesses in peace, adding “No miscreant will have the space to terrorize citizens and generate a sense of insecurity in our country”.

He said the government is doing, and will do whatever it takes to enable the police discharge their duties effectively. “We are providing the means for them to modernize their equipment and learn modern methods of policing, and the numbers will be rapidly increased to match our growing population, and sophistication and audacity of the criminals.”