A Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire, Dr Mo Ibrahim, has urged Ghana to reduce the level of political temperature as the country gears up for the polls in December.
Describing Ghana as a wonderful country and one of his favourites, he said there was the tendency to take politics to some extreme as if the lives of Ghanaians depended only on politics.
Speaking to some selected journalists from West, East, Central and Southern Africa via a teleconference, Dr Ibrahim called for cool heads in the debate of issues as the country prepared for the December 7, polls.
The teleconference was beamed from the United Kingdom (UK) for him to interact with journalists and also throw more light on the 2016 Mo Ibrahim Index that was released last Monday.
On the economic front, he said some mistakes were committed that resulted in a financial crunch in Ghana.
Ghana’s economy
“I think you try to spend the oil money before the oil actually comes out,” he said.
Dr Ibrahim posited that the fundamentals of the Ghanaian economy were in place but there was the need for “a better fiscal management.”
He said the annual reports by his foundation were not aimed at naming or shaming any government but to showcase the strengths and weaknesses of African countries for the appropriate interventions to be taken.
While some countries were doing better, he said others were not doing well and that it was important that countries learned from the experiences of each other.
Credibility
There was the need, he said, for governments to be evaluated by their delivery and added that that would help governments to rule better and the citizenry would also feel included in the governance process.
Answering a question on the credibility of the foundation’s annual reports, Dr Ibrahim said credibility for the foundation was very crucial and for which reason it ensured that every data it placed in the public domain was arrived at through authentic and undisputed means.
“Every number or data that we put out there is very credible. We cannot lie. We must let the world know that we are credible and would not want to cut corners,” he added.
South Sudan
Commenting on the situation in South Sudan where he comes from, he said the current situation in that country was of very serious concern to him.
“And it is extremely sad to see the leadership of that country fighting and dividing the country along ethnic lines. Tens of thousands have been killed, tens of thousands of women have been raped and this is totally unacceptable,” he said.
The fighting in that country, he said, was not about ideology but about “people who can steal and kill. I believe those guys all should end up at the Criminal Court in the Hague. They are all criminals.”
Source: graphic.com.gh
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Hahahahaahaha! eeeeeeeeiiii, asem paaa oooo. Kola what did you just said, How can Mo Ibrahim and his reputable outfit get to know what is happening in Ghana? This alone tells me we as a country has a long way to go. The problem is not with the less fortunate and the uneducated but it is unfortunately with the "so-called" educated. If you log on to a computer and speak your mind and still do not know how Mo Ibrahim gets to know what is happening in our economy then, we as a country are living in dangerous times or may be our educational system is faulty. I want somebody to pick any economic issue and tackle it but that I know people will politicize it because that is what our leaders be it NDC or NPP are very good at doing and destroying the poor illiterate man on the street. It is called "PROPAGANDA". And the learned are the pacesetters, GOD WILL JUDGE ALL OF US BUT THE SO-CALLED INTERLECTUALS IN THIS COUNTRY JUDGEMENT SHALL BE SEVERE, THAT I KNOW. GOD WILL PUNISH THE SO-CALLED LEARNED IN THIS COUNTRY BE IT NDC, NPP, CPP or PPP. That will not tarry, because most of them knows the truth and use their intellect to distort and to destroy. Jah Lives.
Re: Teddy. The political temperature has raised not bcos of any short man but a smiling president who is divisive (vote for me because I am from the north), nepotist (employing and giving contracts to only his family and friends), indecisive (no nursing allowa, now nursing allowa, no imf, now imf etc), incompetent (running dumsor for 4 years on Ghanaians), corrupt (presidential jet deal, over 150 milllion dollars for an interchange, gyeeda, subah, azontaba etc), violent (we come from the miltary government and this is the dress hearsal for 2016), rude (I will use bulldozer to kill a fly), I can go on and on
N.P.P IS WELL NOTED FOR POLITICS OF INSULT SUCH IS OF HIGH RISK TO THE STATE,GIVE THE LISTENERS WHAT YOU CAN DELIVER THAT ESTABLISHES A BUILD UP TO ECONOMIC STANDARD BUT NOT OF CRITICISMS.THIS MAN IS SHARING A STORY OF HIS OWN PLACE AND THAT MIGHT REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF TODAY GHANA POLITICS.
Mr Mo thank you but Ghana has always been like that. No-one needs you to advice us how we run our country...go and tell Sudan you piece of mind. What do you know about Ghana, to say the least you don't live in Ghana, so how do you know political temperature is high ?
The level of political temperature will be high in Ghana all bcos of this short man devil Nana Addo. "All die be die, Yen Akan Fuor, Winning at all costs, Our militants are ready and Atiwa koraa" No wonder a British journalist said Nana Addo by his comments show he is the most dangerous politician in Ghana today. Even his own party members are afraid of him; not even excluding fmr Prez Kufuor. This short man devil roars like a lion and everyone in his party is running helter-skelter. We have barely 60 days to go for the elections and the whole nation is waiting quietly to see to his exit and finally give a sigh of relief. To be frank to Nana Addo and his cohorts, the security services could have equally responded to their notorieties but for political expediency sake. They know they will not win this elections so therefore the only option left for them is to plunge this country into a chaotic state. This will never see the light of the day. I forsee this party going into oblivion after they suffer humiliating defeat as the Ashantis are prepared to take back their party; and then will come the disintegration. Such a Party.
That's good for the NPP to have such an internationally credible person like this man in their fold. Yes,NPP is for good,sensible,visionary and people if substance not like ndc kuboloi,vag*bonds and thi*ves,who would like to be in such a us*less party,a party with no honour all they no is violence and destroying state properties while their leaders also lo*t the state. Enemies of Ghana and anti-Ghana, they've never loved Ghana but themselves and their party. God will punish anyone who has put his/her hand in Ghana's cookie jar because of hate and env*ness.
THIS MAN IS AN NPP MOLE!
WHAT AT ALL DOES THIS GUY WANT FROM US?