Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, says President Akufo-Addo’s national address on the Ghana-US Defence Deal on Thursday evening was insulting to Ghanaians.
Immediately after the address, NDC MP Okudzeto Ablakwa, posted on Twitter that President Akufo-Addo had apparently slammed the “genuine concerns†Ghanaians had with the agreement.
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The President Akufo -Addo during the address expressed outrage at comments and perceived hypocrisy from some opposition figures who have described the agreement as a mortgaging of Ghana’s sovereignty.
The President added that it was highly hypocritical of people who are fully aware of the details of the agreement and the benefits to have chosen to confuse Ghanaians with falsehood in the name of political expediency.
“Let us concentrate and spend our energies on working together to achieve that goal of a happy and prosperous Ghana, and reject the hypocrisy of the naysayers who led our country into bankruptcy and the worse economic record of modern Ghanaian history.â€
“Surely, this is the kind of cynical manipulation by reckless self-seekers, which, in the fullness of time, the people of Ghana will acknowledge and condemn. And I am sure that as the facts become clear and widely available, and as the people come to terms with the evidence, they will reject the falsehood and deliberate attempts to destabilize our peaceful country. Truth is sacrosanct,†President Akufo-Addo said.