{"id":453733,"date":"2018-01-10T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/10\/akufo-addo-is-a-walking-contradiction-ofosu-ampofo\/"},"modified":"2018-01-10T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T13:31:20","slug":"akufo-addo-is-a-walking-contradiction-ofosu-ampofo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/10\/akufo-addo-is-a-walking-contradiction-ofosu-ampofo\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo is a walking contradiction &#8211; Ofosu Ampofo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Vice Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says President Akufo-Addo has turned himself into a walking contradiction after he assumed power.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the President is gleefully practicing the very things he preached against when he was in opposition especially regarding the appointment of family and friends to public office.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the President say his promise not to operate a \u201cfamily and friends\u201d government when voted into power has turned out to be one of the many fake campaign promises the New Patriotic Party used to hoodwink Ghanaians into choosing the party ahead of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>They allege that about seventy nine percent of persons serving in the Akufo-Addo led-government are either the President\u2019s blood relation or cronies.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re quick to make a tall list of relatives and cronies the President has appointed\u00a0to head what they describe as \u201ccritical\u201d and \u201cjuicy\u201d ministries department and agencies including Nana Asante Bediatuo, his Executive Secretary, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta; Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea; Minister Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta; Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo among others.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131497\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Akufo-Family-600x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Many other relatives are said to have landed jobs in various state corporations and institutions, with some being appointed Chief Executives, Board Members or Chairmen. Ingrid Nana Adjoa Hackaman, wife of President Akufo-Addo\u2019s nephew, Gabby Asare Otchere Darkoh, was only recently appointed board member for Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Peace FM Wednesday, Mr Ofosu Ampofo who\u2019s\u00a0 a former Minister for Local Government, slammed the President for not being principled saying he should be a man of his words.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cPresident Akufo Addo says one thing and does the opposite, he said he\u2019ll not form a government of family and friends, but he\u2019s done worse in the history of this country. He\u2019s a walking contradiction. He\u2019s not been able to live by his words and that is very bad.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1136575713042949&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says President Akufo-Addo has turned himself into a walking contradiction after he assumed power. According to him, the President is gleefully practicing the very things he preached against when he was in opposition especially regarding the appointment of family and friends to public office. 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