Ghana plans to stop aid by 2020
“We can no longer continue to make policy for ourselves, in our country, in our region, in our continent on the basis of whatever support that the western world or France, or the European Union can give us. It will not work. It has not worked and it will not work”, says Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add.
“We want to build a Ghana beyond aid […]. We want to build an economy that is not dependent on charity and handouts,” he stressed. In October, Ghana’s vice president officially started the clock for the cessation of aid from Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands in 2020. Instead, the government will push for trade and investments and embark massive tax collection effort in order to fund its many ambitious projects including free secondary education, according to @QuartsMedia .
“Few African leaders, regardless of their personal beliefs, ever publicly question the idea that international support is needed for development or, in the worst cases, day to day running of their countries. This is probably why young Africans on social media have been heaping praise on Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo for his response to a question at a joint press conference in Accra with the visiting French president Emmanuel Macron.”
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