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Ghana-US Military Agreement: Akufo-Addo was disdainful – MP

By Clement Edward Kumsah
Akufo-Addo was disdainful – MP
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Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini says President Akufo-Addo disappointed Ghanaians in his address to the nation on the Ghana-US military Agreement.

According to him, Akufo-Addo was very disdainful with his choice of words during the address on the Ghana-US military Agreement. 

Addressing Ghanaians on the night of April 5, 2018, to clear the air about the Ghana-US military agreement, President Akufo-Addo rejected accusations by the NDC party and the Minority in parliament that he has sold Ghana’s sovereignty to the US for $20million per the deal.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the NDC and its Minority are being hypocritical about the Ghana-US military agreement

“How else would we have exposed the unspeakable hypocrisy of a fraternity of some frontline politicians who make a habit of running with the hares and hunting with the hounds who secretly wallow in the largesse of the United States of America while at the same time promote anti-American sentiment to a populist constituency.

“We have to take issue with the frontline politicians who have sought to mislead the people in this blatant manner and those who for mischievous purposes leaked the document destined for the scrutiny of parliament premature to a section of the media who then went on to describe it as a secret document.

“How could a document, intended for the consideration of parliament be described as a secret document? How could anyone who has been in government and run the administration of this nation feign ignorance of the conditions under which Ghanaian troops undertake peace-keeping operations or the conditions under which our country has collaborated with major international institutions?

“It is difficult to understand that such people, knowing what they do know, will go about so blatantly to confuse people and go as far as calling for the overthrow of our democracy. A democracy that has become the beacon of good governance in Africa, a democracy that has survived for a quarter of a century and encompassed even the most irresponsible episodes of governance in a state of unity and stability, a democracy that has provided the framework for systematic development in our social and economic welfare, and assured us of the longest uninterrupted period of stable constitutional governance in our history?”

President Akufo-Addo then added that Ghana has not offered any military base to the government of the USA.

“So, let me state with the clearest affirmation that Ghana has not offered a military base and will not offer a military base to the USA. Indeed, the USA has not made any request for such consideration and consisted with our established foreign policy, we will not consider any such request,”

However, Speaking on Joy News News Analysis Show Newsfile, Inusah Fuseini said “He was carried away and thought he was on a political campaign platform. Those were very strong words from the president and I was hugely disappointed.

“The president was very condescending, he was very patronising of Ghanaians, he employed fallacies for secular reasons.

“He sounded more like a dictator, not willing to be countenanced to opposing views, I have never known Nana Addo to be intolerant to opposing views.”

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