You spent $18000 per hour to go put up that awful show? – Ablakwa descends on Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo’s demeanour and responses he gave during an interview with the BBC regarding Ghana’s economy have received condemnation from North Tongu legislator, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Mr Ablakwa in a tweet said “So the Ghanaian taxpayer-paid US$18,000 an hour for President Akufo-Addo to go put up such an unimpressive performance in that BBC interview? What happened to the concept of value for money?”
The President during that interview on Monday, April 4 said among other things that he does not know of any economy in the world that is doing well amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine.
President Akufo-Addo also said economies around the world are all struggling owing to these two main factors.
He told the BBC’s Peter Okwoche, “we have also the opportunity to have industries set up not just for Ghana [but also] for the ECOWAS market and also for the African market.
“We now have an African Continental Free Trade Area agreement which is up and operating. Ghana is the gateway to its market of 1.2billion people. Imagine the opportunities that we are presenting.”
He added “I don’t know the economy in the world that is doing well.
“The Cedi has begun to firm up. The world is going through a difficult [moment], Ghana is no exception, and Nigeria is no exception. No country in the world is escaping the ravages of Covid-19 and also the impact of the [Russia-Ukraine conflict].”
He added, “In Ghana, the recovery programme that we have is considered very credible and it is what is going to allow us to come out of this period stronger, it is that future we are looking at.”
