{"id":156660,"date":"2015-10-02T11:24:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T11:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=156660"},"modified":"2015-10-02T11:29:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T11:29:36","slug":"kufuor-was-a-normal-leader-k-b-asante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/kufuor-was-a-normal-leader-k-b-asante\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Kufuor lacked passion but was normal’ \u2013 K.B. Asante"},"content":{"rendered":"
A retired Diplomat and Statesman, K.B Asante has described Ghana\u2019s second president in the fourth Republic, John Agyekum Kufuor’s leadership style as one that lacked passion.<\/p>\n
K.B. Asante said, though Kufuor stood for a good course, he lacked the fire his predecessors like Nkrumah and Rawlings wielded.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ruVXc5WHYbYytwJNEpDh6smUUrppCBg0″]\u201cKufuor was \u00a0what I will call a normal head of state. In the Western world, he would be a good man. He was a gentleman and tried to get his people together to work for the good of Ghana but it lacked the fire, the enthusiasm of Nkrumah, Rawlings and the others,\u201d said the retired diplomat.<\/p>\n
K.B. Asante, who is 91 and has lived under all the presidents who have governed the nation since Kwame Nkrumah made the assertion on Thursday while speaking on Time with the Legends<\/a><\/strong><\/span> segment on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He took time to assess Ghana\u2019s past heads of state and their performance over years.<\/p>\n Support from US and Europe <\/strong><\/p>\n According to K.B. Asante former President Kufuor aligned with the US and European countries with the hope of courting their support for Ghana\u2019s development.<\/p>\n To him [K.B Asante], though he does not support such ideologies, Kufuor was partly successful in this line.<\/p>\n