{"id":312680,"date":"2011-03-16T04:38:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/16\/akufo-addo%e2%80%99s-bad-dressing-rocks-national-prayers\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T04:38:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T04:38:08","slug":"akufo-addos-bad-dressing-rocks-national-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/16\/akufo-addos-bad-dressing-rocks-national-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo Addo\u2019s Bad Dressing Rocks National Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"53.7649386624\">\n<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tabloid News of Wednesday, 16 March 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>The Informer<\/p>\n<p> \u2018As political leaders we should observe sartorial propriety\u2019 \u2013 Going To Town by Late Paul Ansah After failing to show up at important national occasions such as the independence anniversary, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Mr. Williams Akufo Addo yesterday appeared at the National Prayer and Thanksgiving Service, held at the Independence Square, and sparked yet another controversy with his inappropriate, scruffy and undiplomatic outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Flagbearer Akufo Addo chose to dress casually and discourteously to such an august-solemn occasion of profound national magnitude, as the National Prayer and Thanksgiving Service, and left all who thronged the event grounds and followed proceedings on television screens to question the man\u2019s consciousness to appropriateness.<\/p>\n<p>A semi-dirty white long-sleeves, soft silky top linen fabric made of flax, in a shape normally termed \u2018show your stomach\u2019 which he wore on a black trouser, sparked controversy, when he arrived at the grounds, sweating profusely and thereby exposing his stomach and muscles. The white underwear (singlet) which he was wearing could not soak the sweat so the white linen top suddenly became \u2018show your stomach\u2019 attracting the attention of keenly looking patrons.<\/p>\n<p>Not even the efforts of President John Evans Atta Mills, to redeem the NPP flagbearer by mentioning him in his speech and referring to him as a \u2018brother\u2019 could work some magic for the scandal-prone NPP flagbearer, who has been at the negative sides of national issues for months, and recently for making his reckless talk about election 2012 being an \u2018All Die be Die\u2019 affair. Yesterday\u2019s event, which attracted the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the Ghanaian clergy and ended a week of prayer and fasting for the nation was supposed to be a platform where God\u2019s hands will be requested on Ghana so as to guide the nation\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the NPP flagbearer\u2019s dress has stolen part of the huge importance that the occasion presents to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The dress of Mr. Akufo Addo quickly brought into light the statement by the Late Prof. Paul Ansah, that there is an unwritten but enshrined dress code for political leaders, and as such, those who go contrary to that benchmark spark controversy and get punished, accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c78eeee1get.media_11-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tabloid News of Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Source: The Informer \u2018As political leaders we should observe sartorial propriety\u2019 \u2013 Going To Town by Late Paul Ansah After failing to show up at important national occasions such as the independence anniversary, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Mr. <\/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-312680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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