The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (Rtd) Derek Oduro, says there is no need for President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo to speak on the military pact between Ghana and United States.
His comments follow a concern by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, about the unusual silence of President Akufo-Addo over the deal.
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Ablakwa in a lengthy open letter addressed to the President said “Sir, your decision to strangely adopt a silent posture on the outside while there was a lot of activity behind the scenes to hurriedly negotiate and ratify this agreement by abusing your parliamentary majority without taking on board the concerns of the people who gave you your mandate is most deplorable.”
On Friday, March 23, a one-sided parliament ratified the 2018 controversial defense cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US.
The agreement was brought before the House for consideration and ratification after the joint-committee on Defence and Interior, Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Parliament gave it a green light.
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This is despite massive public protest against the deal which many including the largest opposition described as “dangerous” and a sale of Ghana’s sovereignty.
But Major (Rtd) Derek Oduro speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Tuesday noted that President Akufo Addo has competent people to deal with the issue and therefore it was needless to call on the President to speak on the issue.
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“Why is the NDC finding it difficult to deal with this issue? What do you want Nana Addo to do or talk about concerning the issue? For God’s sake, he is the President and appointed competent people like me and Nitiwul to take charge of the issue and so he won’t speak” he noted.
He, however, allayed the fears of Ghanaians over government’s decision to host the US military in Ghana.
 




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3 COMMENTS

  1. This person does not know what he is talking about. He and akuffo addow are both not fit in their positions and may be thinking that Ghana is their personal property. What the hell that you so called yourself a major general or whatever rank you have for yourself could categorically make such statement that an issue of such national importance, the president does not need to speak out?. Please how did you get your rank?- did you pay money to earn your rank?. And what are your educational backgrounds?. Look. I need to point out to you whether you like or not that if akuffo addow thinks that he is king of Ghana and not accountable to Ghanaians then he should only wait and see what happens to him even if he survives till the next election, you hear?. The issue concerning American base has to do with bombs, terrorists, deaths. Sovereignty and recolonialisation and Ghanaians home and abroad have demonstrated their disapproval about it, and the so called president sitting down without the sense and competence to address the nation upon all these national and indeed international publicity that the issue has received, you are now also insensitively concluding that he dies not need to say anything!!!. In fact as ghana now have people like you and akuffo addow in the positions that you people are, then it becomes obvious for one to state that Ghana is in serious trouble however, let me warn you that if you do not have brain to think and your superior akuffo addow likewise does not have the brain to think as clearly he has now demonstrated he is not up to the job, most ghanaians do have brains think and to act. Therefore, we are not going to sit idly by for feeble thinking people such as you and akuffo addow send we ghanaians to hell your invitation for bombs, terrorisms, dumping of nuclear death wastes slavery and legalisation as well as gay marriages into our beloved hard won independent country. Akuffo Addow is not sensitive and he is not up to the job!!!.

  2. All this long talk is useless. I believe you were not born before 1998 you will have kept quite and listen to sense in what Major Oduro is saying. Why do u think the President should speak on this matter whilst there are people to speak on his behalf , please you people must grow and stop that useless argument you put across. There is no time to waste

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