Due to the ailing economy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government is currently under immense pressure from Ghanaians.
Many citizens are wailing on the incessant increase of goods and services, the flapping cedi to the major currencies as well the record-level inflation grappling markets all across the country.
However, despite all these challenges, some of the flack this government has received from Ghanaians have come from statements made by the President.
We, therefore, took a look at 5 statements President Akufo-Addo has said in recent times that have caught the ire of Ghanaians.
1 . Akufo-Addo’s response to Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V: On October 20, 2021; the Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V gave government a four-month ultimatum to complete an abandoned E-block community day senior high school.
But reacting to the demand on Accra-based Peace FM, the President, amidst laughter, quizzed, “Is he the one going to give the Minister of Education ultimatum?”
citizens uproar and criticisms of the government facilitating and supporting the building of a National Cathedral, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo came to the defence of the controversial project.
“We will surely build the [National] Cathedral,” President Akufo-Addo stressed.
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His comments fed into suspicions by the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto, who claims the relevant authorities did not follow due processes relating to her deportation to enable their Chinese counterparts to track her.
4 . Threats by Kwabre East residents: In an interview on Otec FM in Kumasi, President Akufo-Addo downplayed threats by some residents in the Kwabre East Constituency on the poor state of their roads.
He said threats by some of the constituents to vote for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 elections if the roads are not fixed is much ado about nothing.