{"id":4880,"date":"2024-04-15T08:57:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T08:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2024-04-15T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T08:57:44","slug":"targeting-businesses-of-political-opponents-is-a-major-problem-in-africa-mahama-afro-heritage-conference-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=4880","title":{"rendered":"Targeting businesses of political opponents is a major problem in Africa \u2013 Mahama @ Afro-heritage Conference in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Former President John Dramani Mahama is worried about the attitude of African governments targeting businesses owned by their political opponents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mahama stated that part of the problem for not having more rich African businesses is that governments turn to target businesses created by their political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, he has urged the African government not to act in ways that destroy businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-94b0aa400df2e6729ce51b94acd724cb ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SupoGFCWLL0?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answering questions in a panel discussion during the 2nd edition of the the Afro-heritage Conference and Awards in Lagos, Nigeria, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong>We must not be afraid for our business people to succeed, we must not be afraid to have rich Africans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGovernments must not come and think that because some other governments created this business, then we must kill it. That\u2019s part of the problem that we have. We must believe in ourselves, in adversity comes opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mahama also made a case for African leaders to take seriously investment in young people to make innovations that will affect the ordinary citizens on the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama is worried about the attitude of African governments targeting businesses owned by their political opponents. Mr Mahama stated that part of the problem for not having more rich African businesses is that governments turn to target businesses created by their political opponents. 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