Former Regional Chairman of the NDC, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, now turned ‘NPP faithful’, has risen to the defence of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) running mate, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO) for his ‘not even your Nkrumah’ comments.
The former energy minister, during his grand unveiling at the Jubilee Park in Kumasi on July 9, 2024, taunted the Akufo-Addo-led government as the best and one that has protected and developed Ghana more than any other president, including Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
During his speech, NAPO boldly stated, “Since independence from 1957 until today, we’ve not had any president that has helped Ghana like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
I say from 1957 until today, you can bring your Kwame Nkrumah… No president has protected Ghana and moved the country forward like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.”
He faced heavy backlash and criticism for his ‘derogatory and disrespectful’ remarks about the former president.
However, Allotey Jacobs sees nothing wrong with NAPO’s comments. On his part, the NPP running mate spoke based on his ideology and a reaction to the NDC recently posing as the new Convention People’s Party.
H said NAPO was right.
“NAPO was speaking like a typical Domo person. The word is “their Kwame Nkrumah.”. Analytically, what he said was right, because if you look at the works of Akufo-Addo, the same thing they subjected Nkrumah to is exactly the same thing they have subjected Akufo-Addo to.
He’s done so well and we all can see except NPP members are unable to project well what their eight-year-old president has done. Look glaringly, you see it,” he said during a panel discussion on Kwame Sefa Kayi’s Kokrokoo Morning Show on July 10, 2024, on Peace FM.