A former minority leader and Tamale South and member of parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, is surprised that President Akufo-Addo did not apologize to Ghanaians for mishandling the country’s economy.
Speaking to the media in Parliament, Mr. Iddrisu expressed his inability to understand why the President had put Ghanaians through so much suffering and had not offered an apology when he had the chance.
“Our country, the economy is in peril. Ghanaians are going through unacceptable, excruciating hardships. The President ought to have apologised to Ghanaians that, ‘I came seven years ago promising to redeem you and to end your suffering. I have failed in ending that suffering and, therefore, I’m sorry’,” he said.
Mr. Iddrisu further expressed his anticipation for the President to clarify the rapid enrichment of his appointees at the expense of Ghanaians.
The Tamale South MP suggested that it was becoming increasingly apparent that the President was abandoning the anti-corruption crusade.
Mr. Iddrisu described President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nations Address is a “campaign message”.
“Was it the President’s State of the Nation address or a campaign message for Bawumia? I think that the President came to launch a campaign to determine his successor rather than deliver a State of the Nation Address” he stated.
The Tamale South MP reiterated, “I’m sure he came to deliver a ‘State of the Message of Bawumia’ wanting to succeed him so, it was more a ‘State of Bawumia’s Campaign’ than a State of the Nation Address.”