President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed his appointees and close associates never to use the accolade – “His Excellency” – in addressing him.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who made the disclosure at a public event Tuesday believes his boss wants to live a modest life.
“It’s an honour to represent His Excellency… He [Nana Addo] said we should not call him His Excellency anymore,” Dr. Bawumia told the audience at the African Diaspora Homecoming Conference on Tuesday.
Nana Akufo-Addo has served notice he is not into government to enrich his pocket.
“If your goal in coming into government is to enrich yourself, then don’t come. Go to the private sector. Public service is going to be exactly that; public service!”
Nana Addo, who is Ghana’s fifth president under the Fourth Republic, has promised to protect the public purse.
“We must decentralize more, trust the collective; restore integrity in public life; State coffers are not spoils for the party that wins an election. I shall protect the public purse and insist on value for money,” he remarked during his inaugural speech.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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And so what? In fact, some of us would never have called him 'excellency' after all. Does that reduce the electricity and water bills I pay? He lied his way into government and has cunningly abolished dormant and insignificant taxes to throw dust into our eyes thinking everybody will hail him for that.
I LIKE THE WAY HE ALWAYS WISH GHANA GOOD THING BUT LET ME SAY THAT IT IS THE SAME WISH THAT OUR FORMER PRESIDENT WISH GHANA BUT AT THE END WHAT DO WE SEE BAD GOVERNANCE. I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST AND MAY THE GOOD LORD LEAD HIM IN ALL HIS DECISIONS.
Great!!! 'Mr President' is enough. Sycophancy should not be encouraged.
He made me remember brother M. Gaddafi
This shows Nana has exhibi t a sign of humanity