Govt aims is to whip up Ghanaians’ self-confidence -JAK

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday said the good governance, maintenance of law and order and the respect for human rights embarked upon by government, were to create self-confidence in the Ghanaian.

He said this would in addition make Ghana the beacon of democratic and constitutional rule in the West African Sub-Region. President Kufuor who was receiving the Letters of Credence of Mrs Mary Carlin Yates, US Ambassador to Ghana at the Castle, Osu, said the government has initiated many projects to diversify the basis of the economy and commended the US government for its assistance in such efforts especially in the growth of Ghana's private sector.

President Kufuor also commended the US in its assistance to the Ghana Navy with the provision of some ships to protect Ghana's territorial waters and military assistance to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).

He said about 240 Ghanaian troops would be sent to Cote D'Ivoire under the ECOMOG soon to assist in peacekeeping in that country. Mrs Yates said the US was proud of Ghana for choosing the path of democratic and constitutional rule for the past 10 years and pledged the support of her country during her tenure of office to ensure that they were maintained and improved upon.

She expressed the appreciation of the US to Ghana's role in peacekeeping activities both on the African Continent and the World and said "this is something which should be emulated by other African countries to maintain peace on the continent".