十四世·托比·阿菲德阁下（Togbe Afede XIV）

阿索格里（Asogli） 州的国王大酋长 十四世·托比·阿菲德阁下（Togbe Afede XIV）指出加纳基础设施发展不足，尽管其债务存量不断膨胀。

托比阁下在盛大的杜巴 (Durbar) 庆典致辞，为今年在阿索格里王国首府霍城 （Ho） 举行的阿索格里丰收节 （Asogli Yam Festive） 带来高潮。

2002加纳阿索格里王国丰收节庆典

托比阁下说，加纳经济的弊端因新冠疫情和俄乌战争而暴露无遗。

“我们的经济问题早于新冠和俄乌战争，加纳很幸运拥有世界 30% 的矿产资源，大量耕地，所拥有的耕地与世界产量相比却如此之少，我们仍然贫穷，更糟的是，我们负债累累。”

托比阁下说，加纳获得的巨额资金并没有转化为加纳人应得的基础设施发展。

“更令人担忧的是，由于负债累累，我们无从判断这将造成什么样的影响。我们还缺很多基础设施来更新糟糕的道路。从首都阿克拉（Accra）到霍城，以及霍城到阿法劳（Aflao），大家都知道这条路有多糟糕。而这些道路以前都很好。那么，如果那些路以前是好的，现在变差了，这意味着我们作为一个国家正在倒退。”

今年以 “让我们远离贪婪，为和平、发展与繁荣而团结起来” 为主题的阿索格利丰收节于2022年8月6日开幕。

加纳前总统约翰·德拉马尼·马哈马在同一活动中表示，阿库福-阿多领导的政府在打击腐败方面失败了。

他的评论来自于 2021 年审计长报告中引用的违规行为。

前总统约翰·德拉马尼·马哈马表示，加纳面临重大挑战，需要避免贪婪腐败以促进发展。

马哈马指出，尽管我们祖先奠定了坚实的基础，但自我中心已经被侵蚀。

“新人民党政府（现任政府）已完全失去对反腐败斗争的控制。阿库福-阿多总统（加纳现任总统）在就职演说中承诺要保护钱包。如今，这笔公共资金已不复存在。审计长2021年报告中的披露只是本届政府腐败制度化的一个缩影。”  马哈马他哀叹道。

Ghana Has Nothing to Show for Natural Resources, Huge Borrowings – Togbe Afede XIV

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has bemoaned Ghana’s inadequate infrastructural development despite its ballooning debt stock.

He is concerned that although the country is heavily indebted, there is too little to show for the country’s borrowing.

Addressing the gathering at the grand Durbar to climax the 2022 Asogli Yam Festival in Ho, Togbe Afede XIV, says, the economy of the country has been exposed by COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war.

“Our economic problems predate COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. We are lucky to have so much – 30 percent of all mineral resources in the world, so much of the world’s arable lands, yet we cultivate so little to the world’s output, and we remain poor, and the worst part is that, we are so much indebted.”

He says the huge sums of money Ghana has accessed have not translated into the needed infrastructural development Ghanaians deserve.

“More worrying is the fact that, with a lot of debt, we cannot tell what that has done for us. So we still lack a lot of the basic facilities; poor roads. From Accra to Ho and Ho to Aflao, we know how bad the road is. Many of these roads used to be very good. If they were good and are now bad, then it means that we have retrogressed as a country.”

This year’s Asogli Yam festival which is on the theme “Let’s Eschew Greed, Unite for Peace, Development and Prosperity” started on the 6th of August 2022.

Speaking at the same event, former President, John Dramani Mahama said the Akufo-Addo-led administration has failed in the fight against corruption.

His comment comes on the back of infractions cited in the 2021 Auditor General’s Report.

The former President, John Dramani Mahama said the country is confronted with major challenges and needs to eschew greed to foster development.

He noted that, self-centredness has been eroded despite the strong foundations laid by our forefathers.

“The NPP government has completely lost control of the fight against corruption. President Akufo-Addo in his inaugural address promised to protect the purse. Today, that public purse cannot be found. Revelations in the Auditor General report for 2021 is only a microcosm of the seeming institutionalization of corruption under this administration”, he lamented.

来源：CBN

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