{"id":276338,"date":"2011-02-21T11:46:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T11:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=53008"},"modified":"2011-02-21T11:46:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T11:46:49","slug":"information-minister-akufo-addo-is-desperate-to-be-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/21\/information-minister-akufo-addo-is-desperate-to-be-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Minister: Akufo-Addo Is Desperate To Be President"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28467\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28467\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/31\/chief-worries-about-attack-on-security-personnel\/john-tia_2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28467\" title=\"John Tia_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/John-Tia_2.jpg\" alt=\"Minister of Information, Mr John Tia Akolgo\" width=\"269\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister of Information, Mr John Tia Akolgo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Minister of Information, John Akologo Tia has described the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party as a frustrated and desperate person who does not merit his position as the leader of the main opposition group.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Tia stressed that Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s \u201cwar-mongering\u201d statement was made out of frustration and a refusal to accept the fact that he has already lost the 2012 elections in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He should realize that he is not the only person who wants to be President in Ghana. Is the NPP the only political party in the country which is contesting the presidential elections? Why should he use words like &#8216;all die be die&#8217;? He is only desperate because his days in politics are numbered,&#8221; the Information Minister declared.<\/p>\n<p>John Tia defended President Mills\u2019 comment on Nana\u2019s \u2018all die be die\u2019 statement explaining that, as the President who is responsible for Ghanaians welbeing and peace he is mandated to reply Nana Akufo-Addo. \u201cThe President took an oath to defend the nation; he is also the father of the country so the President is responsible for the security of the nation,\u201d Mr. Tia told Adakabre Frimpong Manso host of Adom Fm\u2019s Dwaso Nsem on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the President was not reacting to any mere statement but was responding to issues concerning the security of the nation. \u201cPresident Mills is the father of the nation so if any group or individual wants to disturb the peace of the nation, he has the right to wake up and tell them,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Minister noted that the President\u2019s choice of words such as \u201cwar mongering, evil doers\u201d were right in replying the &#8220;desperate&#8221; flagbearer of the NPP. He said ever since Nana Addo made those statements he never explained the meaning of those words and has never apologized.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Adoo is expected to meet the Press on Monday at the Freedom Hotel in Ho, to respond to President Mills\u2019 State of the Nation Address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Information, John Akologo Tia has described the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party as a frustrated and desperate person who does not merit his position as the leader of the main opposition group. 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