{"id":1196663,"date":"2022-09-01T18:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/attempts-by-akufo-addo-to-install-his-puppet-bawumia-wont-work-felix-kwakye-ofosu-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:23:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:23:13","slug":"attempts-by-akufo-addo-to-install-his-puppet-bawumia-wont-work-felix-kwakye-ofosu-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/attempts-by-akufo-addo-to-install-his-puppet-bawumia-wont-work-felix-kwakye-ofosu-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempts By Akufo-Addo To Install His &#8220;Puppet&#8221; Bawumia Won&#8217;t Work &#8211; Felix Kwakye Ofosu | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former Deputy Minister of Communications under the erstwhile John Mahama NDC administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu,\u00a0 has taken a swipe at President Akufo-Addo, Dr Bawumia and other top officials of the government in what he describes as the installation of &#8220;puppets to cover up the mess&#8221; of government. <\/p>\n<p>Taking his turn during a panel discussion on<strong> Metro TV<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Good Morning Ghana<\/strong> show, Mr. Kwakye Ofosu described the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as a &#8220;puppet&#8221; who President Akufo-Addo wants to install to cover up his mess. <\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta was not spared the innuendos from former President Mahama&#8217;s aide. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;His cousin, the Finance Minister has run this economy aground. Alhaji Bawumia, the puppet that he [President Akufo-Addo] wants to install has run the economy aground,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0he said. <\/p>\n<p>Noticing that the host, Randy Abbey looked unconcerned about Felix&#8217;s strong choice of words, his co-panellist, Dr Okoe Boye interjected and called his attention to the description of Dr Bawumia as a &#8220;puppet&#8221; but adamant Felix will have none of that, saying that there were occasions in the past when &#8220;the NPP sponsored adverts to describe President Mills as a puppet&#8221;, and that his use of the word was in the context of President Akufo-Addo wanting people he can easily control.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He [President Akufo-Addo] can also install all puppets in all state institutions, the people who make the difference are the 17 million people who will be voting, not the puppets he has installed,&#8221;<\/em> Felix Kwakye Ofosu added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch video below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Z7h3YBvVDKc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Attempts By Akufo-Addo To Install &#039;Puppet&#039; Bawumia Won&#039;t Work\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z7h3YBvVDKc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo\/peacefmonline.com\/ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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