A visiting United States Senator to Ghana, Senator Bill Nelson, has said Ghanaians have demonstrated that democracy can really work in Africa if it is allowed to grow.
He said Ghanaians had proved to be peaceful and that talks about Ghana being a peaceful country were not mere speculation.
"It looks like democracy is working in Ghana because Ghanaians have realised that they need to co-exist peacefully to ensure that the country's development is not jeopardised in any way," he noted.
The Senator expressed these views in an interview with the Daily Graphic when he, together with a delegation led by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Donald G. Teitelbaum, paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Abraham Osei-Aidoo, in Accra at the weekend.
The courtesy call, the Senator noted, was to sustain the good relationship that existed between the US and Ghana.
Senator Nelson said Ghanaians needed to be encouraged to accept the fact that development could go on only in a peaceful atmosphere.
He said the rest of Africa could now look up to Ghana as an example of sustainable democracy on the continent.
Senator Nelson presented a mini replica of a painting in the United Nation’s building in New York to Mr Osei-Aidoo.
The minister expressed his appreciation to Senator Nelson for taking time off his busy schedule to honour him with the visit.
He accepted the mini painting and assured the delegation that the government would ensure that the upcoming presidential election run-off would also be held peacefully.
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