By Angelina K. Morrison and Naana Ekua Eyaaba
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| Ghana |
51.
Rawlings’ Armed Forces Revolutionary government would spell one of the most
economically destructive and socially shameful episodes of the nation’s
history, as three former heads of state and five other military officers after
what amounted to kangaroo trials behind wooden screens, and Ghanaian womanhood
were humiliated in the most outrageous display of military brutality and
barbaric indulgence.
52.
After just three months, Rawlings handed over to Dr Hilla Limann of the
People's National Party (PNP), an academic and career diplomat from the
prestigious Sorbonne of Paris, in 1979, only to wrest power in another military
coup on 31st December 1981, a process that would see him rule, first as a
military leader of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) till 1992 and
Civilian leader for another eight years till under subtle pressure from the
Queen of England and President Clinton of the United States of America, he
handed over to the elected John Agyekum Kufuor in 2000.
53.
Kufuor, the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana inherited a
bankrupt Ghana that had to declare itself Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPIC),
to qualify for debt cancellation.
54.
With some prudent economic management, Kufuor managed to grow the economy by
more than 300% in eight years, and also supervised the discovery of oil in
commercial quantities off the coast of Ghana.
55.
However, Kufuor’s feeble attempt at fighting corruption and opulent lifestyles
of his ministers and appointees, some would say his connivance with those
practices, would cost his party the general election of 2008.
Author
1: Angelina K. Morrison is interested in national
development, true religion, and self-improvement. She enjoys thinking, and
writes stories only when the muse grips her. Her first short story, Gravellatina is a
breathtaking five-part series available now at Amazon. You can
email her at angelinakm75@gmail.com, or find her at www.angelinakmorrison.blogspot.com
or Facebook
page.
Author
2: Nana Ekua Eyaaba has an overarching interest in the
development of the African continent and Black issues in general. Having
travelled extensively through Africa, the Black communities of the East Coast
of the United States as well as London and Leeds (United Kingdom), she enjoys
reading, and writes when she is irritated, and edits when she is calm. You can
email her at neeyaaba@gmail.com.
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