The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has unveiled a campaign dubbed “Build Ghana Now” to galvanise Ghanaians to invest in the country to drive accelerated socio-economic development.
Taking inspiration from the ‘Self-Government Now’ slogan of the first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which led the country to independence, the Asantehene stated that the circumstances of the current dispensation called for a campaign just as momentous as the campaign for self-government.
He invited all relevant sections of society to join hands in making the campaign a success.
The Asantehene unveiled the campaign last Friday at an event at the Jubilee Hall of the Manhyia Palace to celebrate him as a Pillar of Peace.
Invitation
“I am moved to invite captains of business gathered here and beyond to join hands with our traditional leaders, our farmers, our media, and all relevant sections of society to start another campaign to ‘Build Ghana Now,” he said.
He stressed, “It is the call to unleash the energy of our communities to encourage our people to put their money where their mouths are, to raise the capacity, take risks, and to invest in the future of the only nation we have. It is time once again for ‘Wo ara tu, wo ara sa’.”
The glittering event, christened World-Meets-in-Ghana Executive Dinner Ball, organised by investment and business solutions company, E ON 3 Group, in collaboration with the Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President, was held as part of events commemorating the 27th coronation anniversary of the Asantehene.
Attended by guests from Ghana and around the world, it was on the theme, “Advancing Peace and Sustainable Economic Development Through Royal Vision.”
President John Dramani Mahama was represented by a Deputy Chief of Staff, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo.
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, was the Special Guest of Honour at the event, which was also attended by former President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; the Olu of Warri Kingdom in Nigeria, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and his spouse, and chaired by business
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