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A member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says that Akufo-Addo was unable to paint an accurate picture at his delivery address on the State of the Nation (SONA).
In accordance with article 67 of the Constitution, on Tuesday the president addressed Parliament at the beginning of each session of the seventh house.
The president, among other things, updated Ghanaians on the economic, social and financial state of the country.
However, the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam MP is of the opinion that President Akufo-Addo’s speech on Tuesday did not imitate the true state of the nation as intended.
“I could see that the speech itself did not reflect the true state of the nation,” he said in JoyNews.
According to her observation, Mr. Akufo-Addo “was not aware of his own speech, he could not own the speech for reasons that no one knows about.”
Speaking on PM: Express Tuesday, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson told the host, Evans Mensah, that he will rate the Akufo-Addo address less than 5 out of 10 points.
“Evans, if you ask me to rate the address of the current state of the nation, I’ll give you 3 out of 10.”
According to him, the president “was not very eloquent as we know him and what I saw today did not impress me.”
Dr. Forson expected Akufo-Addo to address issues such as the resignation of former special counsel, Martin Amidu, as it is related to Agyapa Mineral’s controversial royalty deal.
“The special prosecutor resigned as a result of the Corruption Risk Assessment in Agyapa, he did not mention that,” he said.
“And to me, the Special Prosecutor’s office turns out to be something that he [Akufo-Addo] he is proud because he said it, even in his speech today ”, he added.
Therefore, he is disappointed above all because the president had indicated a firm stance against corruption, “however, he could not recognize the fact that the immediate Special Prosecutor resigned for the same corruption and labeled him and so many other things.”
The deputy from the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency also noted that Akufo-Addo in his presentation made some mistakes that were not his own, indicating that he either did not prepare or did not trust part of his statement.
“I could not pronounce correctly, not a word; a very important word for the sentence, but we were able to count about 15 or 20 of them that was reeling, “he said.
Dr. Forson further indicated that the leadership should have been conciliatory, considering the recent problems that developed after the December elections, the killing of civilians during the elections, and the Supreme Court hearing that just ended Mahama’s petition. .
“Coming out of a very difficult election that ended in a Supreme Court, a ruling has just come out and a strong opposition in Parliament, I think the speech should have been nothing more than conciliatory, but it fell short.”
For him, although Mr. Akufo-Addo recognized the need for a united force for the development of the country, he also gave a negative impression to his words.
“You cannot say one thing, creating the impression that the nation must unite and ultimately strike at us.”
