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President Akufo-Addo’s speech heralding the partial lockdown of parts of Ghana to stem the spread of COVID-19 has enthralled thousands across the globe.

The President’s line, “We know how to bring the economy back. What we do not know is how to bring people back to life” has had the world awed.

It is, therefore, not strange that powerful people across the globe have been commending His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for delivering such a powerful message.

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has described President Akufo-Addo’s 4th Address to the Nation on Ghana’s situation in relation to Coronavirus as powerful.

Dr. Ghebreyesus in a tweet on Twitter commended

Ghana’s President for his address to the nation announcing a partial lockdown in Greater Accra and Kumasi.

“Thank you for sending such a powerful message to the world, my brother @NAkufoAddo, President of #Ghana. Together, for a healthier, safer, fairer world! Together against #COVID19!” Dr. Ghebreyesus tweeted.

When your president knows what he is about, he makes your nation and its citizens proud.

He has proven beyond doubt that he understands the times we are in as a country. Akufo-Addo is well aware of the fact that as a country we cannot avoid the storms of life. He also knows that it is not avoiding the storm that matters because some storms cannot be sidestepped and that what is important is what one does when the storm comes.

Knowing what to do, how to do it and when to do it are far more important than trying to act like the fictitious Superman going to great lengths to shield the world from one pestilence or the other. History will remember Nana Akufo-Addo as one of the greatest leaders of the country.

May God continue to bless His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.