{"id":320008,"date":"2025-04-02T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/02\/people-dont-want-us-to-criticise-government-because-their-party-is-in-power\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:59:57","slug":"people-dont-want-us-to-criticise-government-because-their-party-is-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/02\/people-dont-want-us-to-criticise-government-because-their-party-is-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"People don&#8217;t want us to criticise government because their party is in power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Renowned Kumawood actor Agya Koo has said he is shocked at the reaction by many government sympathisers against him. <\/p>\n<p>This comes amid a backlash against Agya Koo on social media after he was spotted in a video calling on the government to help fix a road in the Ashanti Region. <\/p>\n<p>Many netizens pointed out how Agya Koo, who is a sympathiser of the now-opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), was silent during the tenure of the previous government but is speaking out now that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is in power. <\/p>\n<p>In reaction to the backlash on his X account on April 1, 2025, the actor stated that he was \u201csurprised\u201d by the response from government supporters. <\/p>\n<p>He argued that President John Dramani Mahama is responsible for the well-being of all citizens, irrespective of their party affiliations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s indeed surprising that some people don&#8217;t want us to criticise the government just because the president is from their party. Don&#8217;t forget that he is the leader of Ghana, not just the NDC party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s interesting to note that some Ghanaians have high expectations from the NDC because they think Akufo-Addo and Dr Bawumia didn&#8217;t perform well,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n<p><b>See the post below:<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s indeed surprising that some people don&#8217;t want us to criticize the government just because the president is from their party. Don&#8217;t forget he is the leader of Ghana, not just the NDC party. It&#8217;s interesting to note that some Ghanaians have high expectations from the NDC\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQr18td1Wk\">pic.twitter.com\/CQr18td1Wk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Official.agyakoo (@real_agya_koo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/real_agya_koo\/status\/1907201073648922690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ID\/AE<\/p>\n<p>Click here to follow the GhanaWeb Entertainment WhatsApp channel <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Kumawood actor Agya Koo has said he is shocked at the reaction by many government sympathisers against him. This comes amid a backlash against Agya Koo on social media after he was spotted in a video calling on the government to help fix a road in the Ashanti Region. 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