{"id":140972,"date":"2024-01-19T11:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/19\/you-dont-talk-like-that-as-a-president\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:07:40","slug":"you-dont-talk-like-that-as-a-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/19\/you-dont-talk-like-that-as-a-president\/","title":{"rendered":"You don’t talk like that as a President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nana Yaa Jantuah, General Secretary of the CPP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Former General Secretary of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has criticized President Akufo-Addo for saying he intentionally neglected development in the Ekumfi constituency. <\/p>\n

Madam Jantuah on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, Dwaso Nsem<\/strong>, Friday, described the comment as unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a President, you don\u2019t have to talk like that. His comment is unfortunate, and age is not a good denominator of kingship. It appears to be a deliberate and premeditated attempt to undermine the importance of non-partisan development initiatives\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Nana Yaa Jantuah questioned the motivation for President Akufo-Addo outburst. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not right, even though the people were seated right in front of you. I didn\u2019t know you have to be NPP member before you can enjoy development in the country\u201d she bemoaned.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that his government deliberately overlooked development in Ekumfi because the residents voted Francis Ato Cudjoe out of Parliament in the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n

The President expressed dissatisfaction with the voting pattern in Ekumfi during an interaction with traditional leaders from the constituency at the Jubilee House.<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo said despite appointing Ato Cudjoe as Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture to bring development to the area, the constituents voted him out, which he was not pleased with.<\/p>\n

\u201cAto Cudjoe was your MP and I made him a Deputy Minister and you voted him out in the last elections and because of that, I did not pay attention to development in your area, I have to be honest with you but since you have brought it up I will pay attention to it,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

Mahama slams Akufo-Addo over his Ekumfi comment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ekumfi MP replies Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n

I ignored development of Ekumfi because they voted against NPP candidate \u2013 Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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