Last year’s, like any other generated debate, good and bad, but mostly about questions some journalists asked given the opportunity to quiz the first gentleman of the land, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
This year’s however seems to have landed Mr. Akufo-Addo in ‘hot waters’. Aside the fact that most journalists were disappointed about the fact that the number of questions to be asked at the event were reduced from 70 to just about 16, quite a number of people are also questioning the rationale behind a rather long speech when that could have been shortened to allow space for more questions.
In addition to being described as the ‘worst ever’ in the history of Ghana, Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak says this year’s ‘Meet the Press’ event with President Akufo-Addo was a ‘disaster by every stretch of imagination’.
In a post, Dr. Apaak jabbed the President for having suggested that he preferred investing in the medical drone delivery service than in the ‘guinea fowl’ project as was done by his predecessor, Former President John Dramani Mahama in the infamous Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) project.
“I prefer drones delivery flying to deliver essential medicines to our people than an investment in guinea fowl that allegedly fly out to Burkina Faso without any trace,” President Akufo-Addo said during his encounter with the media Wednesday.
In response however, Mr. Apaak expressed surprise at how Mr. Akufo-Addo could overlook the alleged inflation of cost of ($12 million) of a six-bedroom residence for Ghana’s new mission in Norway and disappearance of fuel and yet be worried about ‘flying birds’.
“Folks! Our President sees nothing wrong with buying a property sold for less than $4 million in 2017 for over $12 million to our nation in 2018! The President sees nothing wrong with fuel disappearing from holding tanks, he is worried about flying birds! Well birds can fly, what of fuel?”, he quizzed.
He is convinced President Akufo-Addo ‘stripped’ himself in a desperate attempt to respond to Former President John Dramani’s comments on government’s acquisition of a medical drones service.
Mr. Mahama, while speaking to supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Monday after he filed his nomination forms to contest the party’s Presidential ticket criticized the government for pushing through with the deal despite opposition from stakeholders in the health sector.
“Instead of prioritizing the needs of the health sector, the NPP government chooses to acquire drones to fly blood, a decision which has been roundly condemned by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, he said.
According to Mr. Apaak, the move only gave Ghanaians more reason to vote back John Mahama in the next polls.
“Your encounter with the media was a disaster by every stretch of the imagination. In your rush to indirectly reply the man of the moment, the "come back kid " JDM, you ended up justifying why Ghanaians will #GO4JM
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Ghana lack human resources because if Ghana have human resources as it claims , I don't think such a person would be a member of parliament. Who paid for the building and what is the receipt number, ndc is full of evil people who don't care about their own people especially northerners, very wicked thus why they still share water and sleep with animals in the same room.
It's amazing,how this Apaak guy is a PhD holder,he doesn't make sense at all.No wonder NDC is not attractive to the elite,their sense of reasoning is very poor.Never again!Ghanaians must not allow these greedy basterds and nation wreckers to come to power.
Most people in the NDC lack common sense and this is a typical example. From his post, you will realize how short sighted he is and then you wonder how he obtained a doctorate degree. The backward NDC will always prefer guinea fowls bought with our resources that mysteriously flew to Burkina Faso and never returned to drones that will fly essential medicines to save lives. The NDC is a stone aged party. The youth have deserted them and the 2016 voting pattern of University students should have prompted them but they will still not learn. The days of manipulating election results are over and they will stay is opposition for a very long time.
NDC IS A NUISANCE TO GHANA ECONOMY THEY DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ALL THEY KWON IS TO PROPAGATE THE INTEREST OF THE ECONOMY
Apaak you are not the only fooIling man in this country. How can you be that ***barred word***. AnimaI
If not tribalism, ignorance, illiteracy, etc., who on earth will vote for Mahama and his NDC? They thrive on propaganda to win elections. They do not use facts or figures to argue their points, but propaganda throughout.
NDC double salary thi.eves are still talking.... These guys are annoying.
MR APAAK HAS THE BUILDING BEEN BOUGHT?SOMETHING WHICH HASN'T BEEN BOUGHT YET,HOW CAN IT BE INFLATED? THIS NDC GUYS IN PARLIAMENT DO NOT READ.PROPAGANDA NKOAAAAA .FFFOOOLLS
Apaak, Ghanaians belive in Nana Addo and you and your already rejected Mahama cannot do anything about it.Northern Brothers.Go away!!!!