AKUFO ADDO WAS TALKING AS A CANDIDATE NOT AS PRESIDENT – HON.MAGNUS KOFI AMOATENG

Member of Parliament for the people of Yilo Krobo in Eastern Region this morning said, President Akufo Addo during his State of the Nation Address was talking as Presidential candidate and not as President.

The Minority in Parliament has described the maiden State of the Nation Address of President Akufo Addo as one fraught with inaccuracies.

According to the Minority, the address also failed to deal with critical sectors of the country.

Addressing the press, Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, indicated that it was unpardonable for the President not to have touched on Housing, the security situation in Bimbilla, Sports, Tourism among others in the seasonal address.

According to him, the President’s condemnation of post-election violence was not enough.

Haruna Iddrisu is not the only Minority  member who has raised concerns with the President’s State of the Nation Address.

Okudzeto Ablakwa also said the President’s address was tilted to put the NPP administration in a good light.

He dismissed assertions by the President that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) left the economy in crisis.

This morning on Radio1 Breakfast Show ‘Susubiribi’ when speaking with the host Osahene Kofi Owusu, Hon. Magnus Kofi Amoateng who is also a member of the minority said the President was talking as a presidential candidate who is campaigning during his State of the Nations Address.

According to the member of Parliament of Yilo Krobo, there was nothing to talk about in the State of the Nations Address. “Nana Addo created an omission when he said charity begins at home, but failed to utter a word on the Bimbilla clashes, so we remind him that it is not just about what happens elsewhere but in his backyard. He is concerned about developments in The Gambia, and we are also concerned about the insecurity in Bimbilla, and we have already put them on alert that let nobody come tomorrow regretting that there is an incident in Bawku or in Yendi and now we are coming to single out life and property to be lost. I think they must act on their intelligence”, he stated.

He further explained that on health, he only decided to talk about the NHIS…The President was more on statement of problems than suggesting solutions.”

Source:radiononeghana.com/Agyapong Michael