[ 2017-05-01 ]

‘Don’t massage the truth’ - Akufo-Addo to Council of State members
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged
members of the Council of State not to be
sycophants but speak truth to authority.

“The constitution mandates the government to
select some people to counsel the president.

The regions also elect persons to the Council. You
are here to speak truth to the president and not
to massage the truth” the President stated. He
also reminded them about their cardinal role in
nation building, urging them not to shy away from
that responsibility.

“The one setting the path does not know the
bunch of errors behind, that is why you have come
to counsel the state” the President noted. Nana
Akufo-Addo said this when he joined hundreds of
guests to grace a special thanksgiving service in
honour of the chief of Juaben who is also the
chairman of the Council of State, Daasebre Otuo
Serebour.

Other speakers like the former Catholic Bishop of
Kumasi, Emeritus Kwasi Sarpong, also advised the
President to be a listening leader. Daasebre Otuo
Serebour thanked the President for the opportunity
offered him to serve the country promising that he
will not renege on his responsibilities.

He also revealed that over 1,000 acres of land is
ready to serve as a free zone enclave for the
realisation of One District One Factory project by
the government. “I have allocated one thousand
three hundred acres of land for factories to be
set on” he stated.

He pleaded with the President to create a new
district for Juaben, arguing that Juaben has
reached the status of becoming autonomous. “Our
population size is over thirty thousand with
enough resources” he noted.

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