Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo has urged his African counterparts to stop begging for loans from the West so that the continent can earn global respect.
The Ghanaian president made this known during his opening remarks at the ongoing US-African Leaders Summit in Washington DC on Tuesday. About 50 African leaders and delegates are attending.
Akufo-Addo said the African countries will change the poor perceptions that the developed countries have about the continent if they stop begging.
He advocated that the resources in Africa should be spent on the continent to make it prosperous and get respect.
Akufo-Addo said: “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.”
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