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A Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has criticised the Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, Richard Ahiagbah, for downplaying the concerns of Ghanaians protesting the government amid the economic crisis.<\/p>\n
Speaking on The<\/strong> Point of View on Citi TV<\/strong> on Monday, November 7, 2022, after Mr Ahiagbah described agitations against President Akufo-Addo as emotional, Mr. Kpebu, in response, said the NPP Communications Director should be receptive to feedback and not dismiss legitimate concerns.<\/p>\n \u201cThis thing about emotion, you should stop talking about emotions. If you see evil, and you don\u2019t get emotional you are corrupt, you [NPP] have led the country astray.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur savings, your money in the bank or under your bed, over 60 per cent of its value is gone, and you say people are being emotional, please tell that to the marines.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStop using that word, don\u2019t ever say that in public again, the more you say people are being emotional, the more people will come at you\u2026 you communicate for the government so, at this stage, you have to be very humble and sober and stop telling people that they are being emotional.<\/p>\n \u201cYou need to study emotional intelligence, you need empathy, you need self-consciousness, self-awareness,\u201d Mr Kpebu said.<\/p>\n A recent poll by Global Info Analytics has indicated that 77 percent of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n This comes amid crippling inflation and fuel prices that have left many Ghanaians frustrated.<\/p>\n But Mr Ahiagbah downplayed the polls, maintaining that Ghana\u2019s economic crisis has external causes because \u201cthe whole world is not going in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think polling in this environment is biased, to begin with, because people\u2019s emotions are in a certain place, so you are going to get a predictable outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is really of consequence is the effort and the commitment of the government that is in power who for some reason is caught up in this global economic downturn,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n