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15 Memorable Quotes Of John Mahama
John Dramani Mahama is the immediate past president of Ghana and still aspire to become the next president of Ghana.
- “With the kinds of progress we’re seeing in Africa, we have people who have a very high expectation, and often people think that, you know, things would happen overnight. But I want people to understand that sometimes it even gets worse before it gets better.”
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“Happily, there’s a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We’re seeing a lot of – actually in Africa – we’re seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota.”
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“I am still a socialist. I am a left-of-center politician. I believe that in Africa, if you see the poverty around us, you can’t afford to be anything else.”
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“And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path.”
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“We are enjoying in Africa what I call the democracy dividend.
The progress we are seeing, economic development are all part of the dividend of good governance, respect for human rights, rule of law. It has created an enabling environment that allows not only foreigners to come in and invest but for Ghanaians to invest. It has created an atmosphere for our young people to be creative, innovative.”
- “Michael Jackson sang, ‘heal the world. make the world a better place for you and for me… and the entire human race…What happened to that enthusiasm?”
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“You can only have money in your pocket if you work and earn. Nobody is going to come to your house and say put this in your pocket. You have to come out and take the opportunity that presents themselves. Learn a skill, go into the world of work and you will be able to put money in your pocket”.
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“I don’t think it can get worse. It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn’t fear the knife because it is dead already. I have a dead-goat syndrome”
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“I think that we must deal with this without creating panic amongst our people and that is why the stories we see in the papers today are most unfortunate.”
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“We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.”
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- “Everybody recognises that Ghana is rising”.
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“Times come when we have to squeeze ourselves a bit to do the precious things that we need in life. We cannot have money in our pockets when the roads are not good so when I win the second term then we will start putting money in your pockets”
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“The point is we are borrowing, but we are borrowing sensibly. Seriously, no country develops with its own resources alone especially countries in Africa”
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“Sometimes I feel sad when I see some of our northern brothers running and also doing this. They will use you and dump you.
Let anything happen today and let our brother Bawumia say he is standing for president in NPP. They will never give it to him I can assure you”.
- “The American elections have just ended. Both candidates, a central plank of their economic policy is to invest massively in social and economic infrastructure. And if we have started that in Ghana already, it means we are one step ahead of the United States”