{"id":112268,"date":"2026-01-22T22:27:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112268"},"modified":"2026-01-22T22:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:27:49","slug":"if-we-can-mobilise-against-disease-why-not-against-poverty-dependency-mahama-asks-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=112268","title":{"rendered":"If we can mobilise against disease, why not against poverty, dependency? \u2013 Mahama asks leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President John Dramani Mahama has challenged the global community to tackle Africa\u2019s persistent poverty and dependency with the same urgency and coordination used to fight diseases like HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, Mahama reflected on lessons from the fight against HIV\/AIDS, noting that two decades ago, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and world leaders, including President Olusegun Obasanjo, successfully coordinated a global response that led to the creation of the Global Fund, saving millions of lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we face a different pandemic\u2014the pandemic of unfulfilled potential. Millions of young Africans have no jobs. Health systems collapse at the first crisis. Economies extract resources but build nothing lasting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we could mobilise the world to fight a disease, why can\u2019t we mobilise to fight poverty, dependency, and the systems that keep brilliant young Africans locked out of the future?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

The President highlighted Ghana\u2019s \u201cResetting Ghana\u201d agenda as a practical example, citing government reforms including cutting the size of the cabinet to a record low of 58 ministers, digitising services to end corruption, training young people for future jobs, and renegotiating debt to invest in citizens rather than just servicing loans.<\/p>\n

He then expanded the vision to Africa and the Global South, proposing strategies to assert sovereignty over natural resources, build regional manufacturing hubs, produce vaccines and medicines locally, and create sustainable employment for young people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the Accra Reset vision. It is not a talk shop or a declaration. It is a practical blueprint for building real sovereignty\u2014measured in jobs created, children in school, children vaccinated, and young people thriving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIn this fast-changing world, countries must compete, innovate, and build\u2014or be left behind. Our young people are watching. They are brilliant, they are angry, and they are running out of patience. This is what we must focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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