News: New Ghana president's discourse duplicates US inaugural locations

Ghana's new president is confronting feedback after sections in his introduction discourse gave off an impression of being lifted from addresses given by American pioneers, a shame for a nation that long has been adulated as one of Africa's most grounded vote based systems.


President Nana Akufo-Addo guaranteed of office Saturday after he won race on his third offer for the administration. One line in his discourse is almost indistinguishable to an expression utilized by previous President Bill Clinton in his 1993 inaugural address. Another expression in Akufo-Addo's discourse is practically the same as one in the inaugural discourse given by previous President George W. Shrubbery in 2001.

The Ghanaian administration declined to remark Tuesday on the likenesses that became famous online via web-based networking media after the introduction. Akufo-Addo's discourse contained the accompanying expression: "However our difficulties are fearsome, so are our qualities. Ghanaians have ever been an eager, questing, cheerful individuals. Also, we should convey to our errand today the vision and will of the individuals who preceded us."

In 1993, Clinton stated: "However our difficulties are fearsome, so are our qualities. What's more, Americans have ever been an eager, questing, confident individuals. We should convey to our undertaking today the vision and will of the individuals who preceded us."

Akufo-Addo's discourse likewise contained this expression: "I request that you be residents: natives, not observers; nationals, not subjects; mindful nationals constructing your groups and our country." At his 2001 initiation, Bush stated: "I request that you be subjects: Citizens, not onlookers; nationals, not subjects; dependable residents building groups of administration and a country of character."