So let me state with the clearest affirmation that Ghana has not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated.
"Indeed, the United States of America has not made any request for such consideration and, consistent with our established foreign policy, we will not consider any such request," President Akufo-Addo stated in a televised address on Thursday night.
However, in consideration of the realiies of our circumstances and the challenges to peace in our region in our time, we have deemed it prudent to continue the Co-operation Agreement with the United States of America. It is our firm belief that the Agreement will help enhance our defence capability, and offer an important layer of support in our common effort to protect the peace in our region, the President added.
Concluding his address, President Akufo-Addo said: "Fellow Ghanaians, let me conclude by saying how outraged I am by the defamatory comments from my political opponents, some of whose patriotism can be so easily questioned, that the sovereignty of this country has been sold by my government and myself.
"I will never be the President that will compromise or sell the sovereignty of our country. I respect deeply the memory of the great patriots whose sacrifice and toil brought about our independence and freedom. I have stood with you, the Ghanaian people, all my adult life, fighting for our individual and collective rights. Everything I have done, since assuming the great honour and privilege of serving you as President of the Republic, demonstrates that I remain focused on building a self-reliant, free, prosperous Ghana, which will be able to make her own unique contribution to the growth and development of Africa and the world."
Good one there Mr. President.I salute you.
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