President John Mahama today speaking at a conference made it clear to Ghanaians to fear road accidents more than the two Detainees from Gitmo who are in the country. the President said the safety and security of this country remains the greatest concern and he will not take any decision that will jeopardize the safety and security of the country.
In his words--
“This is a beneficial relationship
and I believe that we should calm the hysteria and phobia. Ghana will
continue to receive God’s favour and be a safe place,” he said
he also said
In any case, having them in Ghana
gives the country an opportunity to monitor them and this will be done with the
help from the US government, the President noted.
“We took this decision after a
lot of assessment and consultation and the point about terrorism is that what
you should fear is what you don’t know not what you know.
“Indeed, any Ghanaian is more in
danger of dying from road accident than from these Guantanamo detainees because
they are with our security service and they are under surveillance. What we
should fear is someone coming in to create havoc,” he added.
According to the President, all the
two detainees want is to live a normal life and Ghanaians should be
compassionate enough and assist in making this desire possible.
Although the president is certain
that Ghana is under no terrorism threat, he said the various security agencies
are being trained to be able to deal with any situation of such nature in case
they do occur.
“I have assessed the risks involved
with the detainees and I believe that our security is not endangered because
they are in our country. Several countries have done it and I do not think that
we should feel ashamed for doing it,” he stressed.
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