Obiri Boahen Urges African Gov’ts to Step Back from Projects and Empower Private Entities

Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen, a private legal practitioner, has advised African governments to refrain from executing projects and instead leave such tasks to private entBoahen In an interview, Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen argued that government involvement in developmental projects is a key reason for the struggles faced by the African Union (AU) and its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU). He lamented that since the era of leaders like Kwame Nkrumah, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Sekou Toure, Modibo Keita, and Kenneth Kaunda, the AU has been struggling. He pointed out the collapse of several projects initiated…