Politics
Ghana: At 55 years of Independence a nation progressing well
Ghana on Tuesday observed its 55th Independence anniversary with President John Atta Mills reassuring his government’s commitment to put up all precautionary measures to ensure peaceful elections December.
Mills, addressing security services, teachers and students, and members of the diplomatic corps at the Independence Square draped in the colours of the national flag in Accra, said “As President and Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana armed forces, I pledged that Ghana will remain peaceful before, during and after the general elections.”
Ghana has had its achievements and disappointments, and like far too many other West African nations, its coups d’état. Yet human rights organizations such as the New York-based Freedom House regularly praise Ghana for its overall adherence to the rule of law and the right to free expression of political views. And when President Obama made his one and only trip to Africa as president, in July 2009, it was in Ghana that he stopped off and delivered a speech about Africa’s promise.
Ghana’s economy grew by 13.6 percent in 2011, and is projected to grow by 8.25 percent in 2012.
