Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (NADAA) has asserted "the critical need for tighter oversight, digital transparency, inclusive nation-building, fiscal reform, active citizen participation, and stronger legal systems to foster inclusiveness and end state fragility" in Ghana.

The immediate former president of Ghana on August 18, 2025, joined the Minister for Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa; and the Commandant of the National Defence College, Rear Admiral James Ohimai Okuson, to deliver the keynote presentation at the Graduation Lecture for participants of Course 33, made up of nationals from across Africa, South America and Asia, at the National Defence College in Abuja, Nigeria.

He spoke on the topic: Strengthening Institutions for good Governance in Africa, highlighting Africa's multi-faceted, multi-layered and multi-dimensional path to stronger institutions.

"The National Defence College of Nigeria, works to develop future strategic leaders equipped with the knowledge and analytical skills in a dynamic defence and security environment. It is in pursuit of this, that, after so many decades of relying on countries like the United States, United Kingdom and India, I commissioned Ghana’s College of Defence Studies to train senior level personnel for key roles in national security and defence in 2023," Mr Akufo-Addo said, in his Facebook post.  

"Indeed, it was my joy and pride when in 2024, I granted the College a Presidential Charter, making it an autonomous National Defence University."