The Tema West Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has defended President Akufo-Addo’s much-criticized half-hearted handshake with former President John Mahama.
Dennis Amfo-Sefah says the President did not snub anybody as is being claimed.
Popularly called Nana Boakye, he explained that the President appeared to have been a bit snobbish because he was in a hurry to cater for other dignitaries.
“The President is a perfect gentleman and will not do that. If you watch the video, you will realize that there were so many dignitaries that were waiting for the President to exchange pleasantries with and he gave the former President a quick handshake...not a snub as is being virally reported and moved on to attend to others” he said.
According to him, the backlash against the President was not fair, adding that he was confident that in the coming days, the seat of government would release a statement to clear the misunderstanding.
The President has come under public heat after a video that captured him seemingly snubbing former President John Mahama at a high-profile meeting on Wednesday went viral.
In the video, the President is seen exchanging hearty and warm handshakes with dignitaries at the maiden edition of the Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum in Accra.
When he reached former President Mahama and he gave him an awkwardly quick handshake that gave the impression that he was not on good terms with his predecessor.
Both President Akufo-Addo and former President Mahama attended the programme as invited guests at the maiden edition of the Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum with the President as the Guest Speaker and the Former President, a panel member.
Along with public furore, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) described the President’s action as petty.
But Nana Boakye has hit back at the NDC, accusing the opposition party of trying to raise a storm in a teacup.
“The NDC are only doing what is expected of them – ride on this none issue to make some political capital, but it won’t wash. President Akufo-Addo is not a disrespectful man and nothing will change that,” Nana Boakye said.
The Tema West NPP Chairman advised the NDC to stop wasting its time in an attempt to make political capital out of the issue and rather concentrate its energies on coming up with viable governance alternatives to selling to Ghanaians.
Source: GNA
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What has Mahama so called cunning behavior got to do with that disgraceful attitude of our president?What is wrong is wrong. let's not pretend like what happened was right. He was so wrong and petty.
Who is defending the indefensible Look at the one doing that We have seen the videos Deceive yourself Akuffo Addo is so vindictive that he has disgraced himself with this one
Where is Atta Mills and Amissah Arthur who does not know what has happened to these two gentlemen of the land, why should the president entertained ex president who does not contribute rather come to enrich himself
Nana addo gimi na woegimi as Ken agyepong said. Babies do this.
The worst scammers of the century are npp members. Even when the doodoo is smelling so bad in their cloth, they will say there is dead mouse somewhere. Every who is wise saw how the president held the hand of visitors for about 8 seconds but his own brother who is a former president it was just a second. And you tell me he didn't snub who? The lies that barwumia has introduced into their party has spread like wildfire. Why can't they say the truth just for once.
Pls pls pls dont come and defend the indefensible. Are you more sensible than all of us who watched the video? Pls pls am an NPP sympathiser but was very much ashamed. Was even thinking it was a docted tape!!!
Shamefully defending this shameful act of the president...abbaa! Let's not forget who we are as Ghanaians,where we are coming from and above all our core values. Where is Mandela,Mugabe,Gadafi and all those powerful leaders Africa has ever seen. No one stays in power forever...
What we see in the video is not healthy at all. The president is a statesman not just an npp flag bearer. From that perspective,this so called chairman is getting it totally wrong. Charity begins at home! Think!!
What was the purpose of the program? if am right it was to promote peace. so if your own formal president, you don't have time to exchange warm pleasantly with him, rather in a hurry to do so with foreign dignitaries then in the first place the title of the program breached the essence of the occasion. That's his character as "petty". You can't change it for him as been exhibited with any PR gimmicks neither to change the thinking of we the Ghanaian electorates. Why always NPP has to explain their president actions or inactions. Don't take Ghanaians for granted because we voted for him nor think we are zombies.
Well done President Akuffo Addo.... We must avoid this Kanazoe ford bribe man. There is nothing for them to talk about. Mahama is simply a conmann. Period!