President John Dramani Mahama and his Burundian counterpart, President Évariste Ndayishimiye, have held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the African Union Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra. The meeting, which took place at the Presidency was aimed at cementing the relationship between the two African nations. President Mahama commended President Ndayishimiye, who is the Chairman of the African Union for participating in the AU Extraordinary Health Summit.
He said the African continent was plagued by several issues including health and security, which had become widespread. He said he would continue to work with President Ndayishimiye and take a leaf from some of the things that he had started, to see how they could silence the guns on the continent and bring peace to Africa. This, President Mahama said would enable their people to focus on the issues that were most important to them, which included the provision of their basic needs, good health, quality education, and creating job opportunities for young people to be able to look after themselves and start families.
President Mahama said the Government of Ghana had been working on what a Reset agenda vision, to try and stabilise its national economy. “We went into quite a lot of turbulence. Our debt profile went too high, so we defaulted on our debts.
So, we had to go through a very painful debt restructuring and then also go through another cycle of an IMF programme. Happily, we’ve completed the IMF programme.” He noted that Ghana’s economy was very stable now and the currency was doing well, interest rates and inflation were down, which had created a very good environment for businesses. President Ndayishimiye lauded President Mahama for the exemplary organisation of the African Union Extraordinary Health Summit, which reflected, once again, the professionalism and hospitality for which the country was known for.
“It is also an opportunity to thank you very much for your support. Your solidarity is helping me to lead the African Union, and that shows your commitment for the African Union, and we are sure that next year, it will be a continuous work in the interest of Africa,” he said. President Ndayishimiye further praised Ghana for the consolidation of its democratic institutions, the quality of governance, and the remarkable strength it continues to make in its development.
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