{"id":278919,"date":"2011-02-23T22:14:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T22:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/23\/kufuor-never-disowned-nana-addo-his-response-was-a-vote-of-confidence-%e2%80%93-frank-agyekum\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T22:14:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T22:14:33","slug":"kufuor-never-disowned-nana-addo-his-response-was-a-vote-of-confidence-frank-agyekum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/kufuor-never-disowned-nana-addo-his-response-was-a-vote-of-confidence-frank-agyekum\/","title":{"rendered":"Kufuor Never Disowned Nana Addo, His Response Was A Vote Of Confidence \u2013 Frank Agyekum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Mr. Frank Agyekum, Spokesperson for ex-president John Agyekum Kufuor, has dismissed attempts to portray the former President&#8217;\u2019s response to the \u201call die be die\u201d question as a snub and betrayal of Nana Addo.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Agyekum, \u201canybody who thinks in that vein already has mischief built in his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Briefing the presidential press corps at the Osu-Castle yesterday, after his historic meeting one-on-one meeting with President Mills,  ex-president Kufuor calmly gave his answer to the \u201call die be die\u201d question which was posed to him as \u201cplease, why don\u2019t you ask the one who said it in the first place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Frank Agyekum explained that at every given opportune time, Nana Addo has explained the reason for saying \u201call die be die\u201d. To him, the question on \u201call die be die\u201d remark was skewed for a \u201cparticular\u201d response from the ex-president, to serve the purpose of making Kufuor\u2019s answer dominate the \u201cheadlines for the next two to three weeks so that anything that Nana Addo does is eclipsed by what President Kufuor has said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the former Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. Kufuor\u2019s reply was apt because he wanted all attention to be focused on the NPP Flagbearer, and dismissed the talk that he had left Nana Addo in the cold. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was also a vote of huge confidence in Nana Addo, to say that Nana Addo is capable of dealing with his own issues\u2026 it is unfortunate that people have put such interpretation on it, because he never mentioned that he didn\u2019t support Nana Addo\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In sum, the ex-president Kufuor simply wanted to impress upon Ghanaians that  \u201cI have a candidate, I trust his ability, if you have any problem go and ask him,\u201d Mr. Agyekum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/elections.peacefmonline.com\/politics\/201102\/138281.php\" title=\"Kufuor Never Disowned Nana Addo, His Response Was A Vote Of Confidence \u2013 Frank Agyekum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kufuor Never Disowned Nana Addo, His Response Was A Vote Of Confidence \u2013 Frank Agyekum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mr. Frank Agyekum, Spokesperson for ex-president John Agyekum Kufuor, has dismissed attempts to portray the former President&#8217;\u2019s response to the \u201call die be die\u201d question as a snub and betrayal of Nana Addo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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