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General News of Friday, 28 August 2015

Source: GNA

Gov't would not repeat mistakes of the past – Veep

Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, says government is determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past when the country have to prevaricate in the face of mounting evidence of economic imbalances.

He said rather government is determined to eliminate illegal payments to ghost workers and unaffordable subsidies and live within its means.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur made this known when he opened the 2015 National Convention of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI) in Accra.

The three-day convention which is being attended by participants from Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Nigeria and Liberia is on the theme: “Renew our days of old.”

The FGBMFI is the world largest Christian business men’s organisation, networking thousands of members in more than 150 nations with more than 7,000 local chapters.

Besides providing a forum for contact, sharing experiences and exchange of ideas in fellowship, it also promotes Christian values in the marketplace, in communities and the home.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur said government intends to stabilise the macro-economic conditions and provide effective solutions to the energy crisis in order to realise the positive medium-term prospects.

He said the administration is considering increasing its capital investment to enable faster rates of growth even as the country safeguards critical spending to tackle poverty.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur said nation building is a delicate enterprise, requiring the creation of a balance between multiple goals: economic, social, political, cultural and security among others.

He said the problem is how to mobilise the expertise available to develop the framework for setting the location of resources between the various needs, especially the inter-generation one.

He said there are qualities the nation needs for the preservation of its socio-economic heritage and to offer hope for the next generation.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur also charged the youth to emulate the lifestyle and embrace the ethical practices of the fellowship’s members in business, industry, in the various professions and in the arts.

“We certainly need ethical leadership in companies and institutions to move to higher heights of productivity and economic growth. We need disciplined minds oriented to hard work and caring for the environment” he added.

Mr George Prah, National President of the FGBMFI, Ghana said the objective of the convention is to renew the old days is not because the organisation relish in nostalgia but to reinforce the core values of the fellowship as enshrined in its vision and mission statements.

He said the nation needs leaders of integrity, selfless, people’s centred with sound morals who would shun bribery, dishonesty, divisiveness in both private and public life.

He said corruption has become endemic and undermining the developmental effort as a nation.

He said leaders would not emerge until there are disciples in our society to disciple each other.

Mr Prah also announced that the fellowship at this year’s convention would unveil a three- year strategic plan to achieve a seven-fold membership for the group.

He said the fellowship also intends to increase its local chapters by four-fold.

He said for the first time the convention would host a youth summit, which is aimed at building the leaders for tomorrow’s Ghana.