General Secretary of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has described as insulting the President’s address on the controversial military agreement between Ghana and the United States.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the nation, Thursday, concerning the deal which has sparked massive debate since it became public.
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The President in his speech subtly threw a few punches at people who made a huge ‘fuss’ about the deal.
Members of the opposition previously organized a protest against the deal, an exercise that increased the weight of criticisms the government was receiving over the agreement.
The President, among other things, said, “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, would set about so blatantly to confuse people, and go as far as calling for the overthrow of our democracy? 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.”
But reacting to the issue, Mr. Asiedu Nketia said President Akufo Addo failed to deal with the important issues raised by Ghanaians following the agreement.
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He said the President rather chose to throw salvos and attack members of the opposition and Ghanaians for criticizing his government.
“Seriously I think Nana Addo’s speech on the issue was unnecessary because he failed to deal with the important issues raised by the minority. His speech was full of attacks. Nana Addo was angry and all he did was to scare Ghanaians with his speech.
He continued that “I am very disappointed in him because he enjoyed attacking members of the opposition. Even his body language shows he was angry”, he said on Accra-based radio station Okay FM, monitored by Adomonline.com.
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Mr. Nketia however indicated that, Ghana does not need a “US military base on our soil to demonstrate our commitment to fight terrorism, since existing security cooperation between Ghana and the US are sufficient to encourage bilateral cooperation in the global effort to combat terrorism.”
