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Thu, 18 Feb 2016 Feature Article

The Cargo Called Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo

The Cargo Called Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo

Since he indicated interest to vie for the office of the President of Ghana, he has done so with little regard for decorum. It is to be noted that since his interrogation in the alleged Diplomatic Passport scandal, he has turned rabid in condemning anybody he perceived as standing in his way to becoming the next President of Ghana after NDC’S President.

It is yet to be established on what justification he considers himself apt for the office he seeks so desperately if not as a fallback remedy to shore up his bankrupt life history.

For one, Ghana has grown beyond the cowboy and flamboyant approach which he personifies. The uncouth manner of some of his political friends as well as his up- at- them- manner of doing things is enough to send the nation back to the dark days.

He will bring back to government all those characters whose disposition is at variance with good conducts. Note that it took political wisdom for John Agyekum Kuffour to have distilled those elements from the nation and return discipline to the nation.

If within the period for his government to leave office and he is still commissioning projects and giving cheques to contractors then the man should be encouraged to find somebody as committed as himself if not more. The nation can ill afford a President that will use her resources to services debts;aPresident who is prepared to buy everybody within his government to do his bidding. The fact that he does not lose sleep over the enormity of debt burden is a testimony to the fact that he would care less if Ghana is thrice in debt.

Recall that no matter how anybody may hate PresidentJOHN AGYEKUM KUFFOUR, he has done for the nation what most other Presidents are incapable of doing.

Even before Akufo-Addo has contested the office of opposition president he was said to be building a mini government house in his Nimahome, another case of clannishness. Truth is that Ghana has not the kind of money that will offset Akufo-Addo's debt and at the same time satisfy his expensive taste. Forget his claim of turning the nation into an industrial hub with his unknown business partners; the freebies campaign.

The old man has done well for himself and will do himself a world of good to continue in that capacity rather than dabble into the Presidentship of Ghana as the last straw to save his royalty. And he does not also think that he is handicapped emotionally to lead a nation that produced academic stars. If he is not intimidated by the array of these stars to recant his ways I am sure the Ghana voters will place him where he belongs on November 7th 2016.

Charles McCarthy
Charles McCarthy, © 2016

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Unanimous | 2/18/2016 10:40:00 AM

Well done to this author.

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