Ghana @60: Eradicating corruption for sustainable development. By Williams Osei, Executive Director, WAF.
Keynote Address by Williams Osei, Executive Director, Wills Anti-corruption Foundation at the Second edition of the Annual Republic Concert by WitsHarmonic Choir and Orchestra Ghana. Date : 3rd July, 2017 Writer : Williams Osei, Executive Director, WAF Africa. Event Theme : Ghana @60: Eradicating corruption for sustainable development. On 6th March 1957, sixty (60) years since we had our independence, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the Republic of Ghana, made this thought provoking statement “We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world! That new African is ready to fight her own battles and show that after all, the black man is capable of managing his own affairs. We are going to demonstrate to the world, to the other nations, that we are prepared to lay our own foundation.” About Three years later, on the 1st of July, 1960, 57 years ago, they gave to us what we were asking for, they gav