{"id":124652,"date":"2023-11-28T09:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/you-lack-credibility-ahiagbah-fights-prof-steve-hanke\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:50:23","slug":"you-lack-credibility-ahiagbah-fights-prof-steve-hanke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/you-lack-credibility-ahiagbah-fights-prof-steve-hanke\/","title":{"rendered":"You lack credibility \u2013 Ahiagbah \u2018fights\u2019 Prof. Steve Hanke \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>New Patriotic Party\u00a0(NPP) Director of Communication, Richard Ahiagbah, has lambasted Steve Hanke, an American professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University over his critique of the President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led administration.<\/p>\n<p>His concerns come in the wake of Hanke\u2019s persistent criticism of the NPP government on platforms like X formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Ahiagbah tweeted a response to Hanke\u2019s recent post, accusing Hanke of lacking credibility and insinuating that his motivations are financial rather than out of genuine concern for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Ahiagbah remarked, \u201cSteve Hanke will do anything, including peddling falsehoods, to make a living. It is not as if Steve, you care about Ghana; you are merely promoting this falsehood by opposition elements in Ghana for money. Steve Hanke lacks all credibility\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Steve Hanke has been a vocal critic of the NPP government on social media, frequently using Twitter as a platform to express his views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Hanke will do anything including peddling falsehood to make a living. It is not as if Steve, you care about Ghana you are merely promoting this falsehood by opposition elements in Ghana for money. Steve Hanke lacks all credibility\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bawumia2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bawumia2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bawumia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bawumia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ghana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ghana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tv3newday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tv3newday<\/a>\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/kFqibgHktt<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Ahiagbah (@RAahiagbah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RAahiagbah\/status\/1729037978444427630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Patriotic Party\u00a0(NPP) Director of Communication, Richard Ahiagbah, has lambasted Steve Hanke, an American professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University over his critique of the President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led administration. His concerns come in the wake of Hanke\u2019s persistent criticism of the NPP government on platforms like X formerly known as Twitter. 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