“If it has got to a level when the Presidents of neighbouring countries will cite Nigeria as a negative example, then we must know as leaders of this country that certain things are not going well, and we must change the way we do things.”
Bawa also disagreed with Jonathan’s reference to Akufo-Addo’s purported disposition towards cattle-rearing. Ghana’s High Commissioner in Nigeria, Mr. Rashid Bawa, has denounced ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for misquoting President Nana Akuffo-Addo over the security situation in Nigeria.
He said on Friday that Jonathan “took the words of President Akufo-Addo completely out of context” when he quoted the Ghanaian leader of mocking Nigeria.The High Commissioner said Jonathan misquoted Akuffo-Addo’s speech delivered at the Oxford African Conference,
Jonathan had at the unveiling of a flyover in Ado Ekiti said Nigeria had deteriorated so much that it had lost its respect in Africa. Jonathan in his speech at the inauguration on May 25 said: “A President of a neighbouring country, Ghana, recently made two negative remarks about Nigeria. First, the current Ghanaian President was addressing Ghanaians about the movement of cattle within their shores and he said openly that Ghana is not like Nigeria where cattle roam freely. That was quite uncomplimentary.
