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01.03.2016 Headlines

Nkrumah Deserves A Respectful Commemoration-Turkish Prez

By Maxwell Ofori
Tayyip ErdoganTayyip Erdogan
01.03.2016 LISTEN

President of Turkey, H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appealed to Ghana to give a befitting commemoration to its first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for his tremendous contributions to Ghana.

He said Nkrumah did marvelously well for Ghana by way of leading the country into attaining independence and it would be prudent to give him a respectful commemoration.

"...Ghana holds a specific position within the history of the continent and in exclusive position. The Independence struggle in Ghana is a shinning beckon and an outstanding example for the rest of the countries within the African continent.

"The First President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana deserves a respectful commemoration", he said.

Talking about unity amongst African countries, H.E. Recep continued that Ghana is part of the countries that championed the unity of Africa people and that makes Ghana stand out in the pursuits of unity amongst African countries.

He said the ideologies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for the African United Nation is very much relative which can be realized even decades after his death.

"....Ghana is one of the pioneering countries to pursue the idea of unity of Africa people. The African United Nations ideology of president of Ghana is still a very much relative dream to be realized", he said and added that "I would like to salute this memorable ideology of the former president of Ghana as the current president of Turkey".

He furthered that Turkey condemns the terrorist attacks on Burkina Faso and Mali and noted that his country will use its "experience" to help combat terrorist attacks on African countries.

President Erdogan stated that combating terrorism attacks should be an effort based on principles to be able to know all strategies to use in combating terrorist.

Addressing the MPs, he said other countries should make efforts to provide security for its nation so that they would not have to depend on the five member security council alone.

According to the Turkish President the five member security council does not do much of what they are expected to do.

"......if the UN security council say yes it is yes, if they say no it is no....the world is bigger than the UN security council......they do the talk, they don't do the work.....", he opined.

He urged Ghanaians to be confident to invest in Turkey because Turkish investors would be investing in Ghana and that, he noted would promote business partnerships in these countries.

He said Ghana and Turkey would have a very good relations which will go a long way to benefit both countries.

"...I see a bright future for the relation between Ghana and Turkey.....Ghanaians should give a constructive support to the relation between Ghana and Turkey", he urged.

The president of Turkey, H. E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on a two day visit in Ghana on the invitation of President John Mahama.

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