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My relationship with Akufo Addo is cordial- Paul Afoko
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Aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, says he has no personal grudge against former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, describing their relationship as cordial despite their past political differences.
Speaking in an interview with Umaru Sanda on Channel one TV yesterday, Mr Afoko said he does not hold on to bitterness and has chosen forgiveness over resentment.
“My relationship with Akufo-Addo is cordial,” he said. “It’s my nature. I don’t harbour things.”
Mr. Afoko explained that his approach to forgiveness was shaped by his past experiences, including his relationship with former President Jerry John Rawlings, under whose military administration he was imprisoned.
He recounted that years after those events, Mr. Rawlings invited him to his residence at Vume in the Volta Region, where they had a lengthy and honest discussion.
According to him, he reminded the late former President of a meeting they had while he was in detention, when he was brought from prison to the Castle.
Mr Afoko said Mr Rawlings recognised him after he reminded him of the incident and recalled describing him as a courageous young man. He added that the former President had even offered him an opportunity to join a group travelling to Cuba for training, but he declined.
He said he later told Mr Rawlings that although he disagreed with some actions carried out during his administration, he had never blamed him personally.
“I’ve never blamed you. I have blamed the things that you did, but not you as a person. Some of the things were done in your name, even without your knowledge,” Mr Afoko recalled telling the late President.
Drawing a comparison with his relationship with former President Akufo-Addo, Mr Afoko said he applies the same principle of forgiveness to everyone.
“It’s my nature. I don’t harbour things. Long gone,” he said.
He added that he deliberately avoids dwelling on negative experiences because he prefers to focus on positive things in life.
“The space in my head is not for rent to negativity. There’s not enough space. I don’t rent it out to negative things. I want it to be kept for positive things,” he stated.
By: Jacob Aggrey
President John Dramani Mahama will be joining African heads of state, business leaders, investors and innovators shaping Africa’s next chapter, at the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum scheduled to take place from 2nd to 4th October 2026 in the historic city of Alamein on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.
The three-day Alamein Africa Forum is established as a permanent African Business Forum to convene biennially in Egypt.
It is to become the continent’s premier gathering where political power meets entrepreneurial prowess, bridging the established engines of African growth with the new sectors defining its future.
Co-organised by the Government of Egypt, African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union and AUDA-NEPAD, it is expected to bring together more than twenty (20) heads of state and government representatives alongside business leaders, bankers and development institutions.
Ghana’s President, who on 23rd September 2026 declared Ghana is open for business in New York after ringing the ceremonial closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market will be leading the Ghanaian delegation, to include the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu – Adjare, to the forum.
Other members of the Ghanaian delegation are the Head and Presidential Advisor for Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, Hon. Augustus Goosie Tanoh, Ghana’s Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States, Colonel Larry Gbevlo – Lartey alongside key Ghanaian private sector players.
Bringing together leaders in politics, business and policy from across the continent, the Alamein Africa Forum will provide a unique opportunity to shape Africa’s growth agenda by aligning policy and investment priorities, mobilising partnerships for implementation and strengthening financing and investment pathways.
The private sector must become an integral part of Agenda 2063, the African Union’s strategic fifty-year masterplan to transform the continent. The private sector is the core economic engine required to turn the African 2063 from an aspirational government roadmap into realized infrastructure, jobs, and value-added trade.
By Chris KONEY
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Contractors move to site to begin construction of 120-Bed Trauma Hospital at Bole – Felix Kwakye Ofosu
Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has revealed that contractors have moved to site to begin construction of a 120-bed Specialised Trauma and Emergency Hospital at Bole in the Savannah Region.
According to the Minister, the 16,000 square metre facility will be equipped with modern medical infrastructure to provide emergency and trauma care.
The hospital will have a 24-hour Accident and Emergency Unit, trauma resuscitation bays, emergency operating theatres, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and a High Dependency Unit (HDU).
It will also include specialised trauma wards, a burns treatment unit, orthopaedic and surgical units, as well as imaging and diagnostic facilities, among others.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
