Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo has urged African leaders to stop begging but Shehu Sani, a Nigerian former senator has reacted to Akufo-Addo’s recent advice. According to the Nigerian senator, the Ghanaian president cannot call on African leaders to stop begging from the West while he is doing the same.
According to the Ghanaian president, “If we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will not need to ask for respect from anyone. We will get the respect we deserve. If we make it prosperous as it should be, respect will follow,” he said this during the opening of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC on Tuesday, December 13.
Shehu Sani juxtaposed Ghana’s current economic engagement with the IMF with the president’s call.
In a post on Twitter, Mr Sani referred to Ghana’s recent staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
“Ghana’s President is collecting IMF loan with the right hand and using the left hand to warn African Governments against begging the west for money,” the tweet read.
Ghana reached an agreement in November with the International Monetary Fund on a $3 billion bailout loan, as the country faces a severe economic crisis.
