
Former President Akufo-Addo has called on African leaders to remain committed to democracy as it is the best form of governance.
The ex-president said in a post on his Facebook page that, there is no doubt in his mind that multi-party democracy is the only system of governance that can help African countries develop, not military rule.

According to the post, he said this on Thursday, 20th February 2025, when he delivered the Keynote address at the launch of “A Journey In Service”, the long-awaited autobiography of one of the most extraordinary military statesmen, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, in Abuja, Nigeria.
“I called on West African and African countries to remain resolute after years of hesitation, argument or experimentation on the consensus that multi-party democracy is the most suitable form of governance structure for our continent,” he told the distinguished audience.

His participation in the event was at invitation of the Board of Trustees of the IBB Presidential Library Foundation.

According to ex-President Akufo-Addo, he used the opportunity provided by the glittering assembly of Nigeria’s Who’s Who at the event to convey his deepest sense of disappointment “that military coup d’etats have come back in fashion in our region and are seen as the answer to the instability being spread from the Sahel by jihadist activity, and by some as the answer to difficult economic conditions, or unpopular government policies.”

He therefore urged them to leave no stone unturned in making democracy attractive to their citizens.
“It appears that we have our work cut out for us all over again to try to build and consolidate the democratic structures in our countries to gain the confidence of our populations, especially to show that the road to prosperity would be faster and longer lasting when we are democratic,” he stated.



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