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The
running
mate
to
the
flagbearer
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
Dr.
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
has
said
that
his
comment
on
Ghana’s
first
president
Dr.
Kwame
Nkrumah
has
been
misinterpreted.
“They
have
misinterpreted
what
I
said.
I
said
since
1957
from
Kwame
Nkrumah’s
tenure
to
date,
no
government
has
worked
more
than
Nana
Akufo-Addo.
In
our
politics,
if
you
speak
the
truth,
they
say
you
are
ungrateful,
if
you
tell
lies,
you
are
praised.
I
am
your
child,
you
did
not
train
me
to
be
untruthful
or
a
coward.
Dr.
Mathew
Opoku
Prempeh
said
when
he
called
on
the
Omanhene
of
Wassa
Amenfi
traditional
area
and
President
of
the
Western
Regional
House
of
Chiefs,
Tetrete
Okuamoah
Sekyim
II
earlier
today
Wednesday,
July
10.
During
his
unveiling
at
the
Jubilee
Park
in
Kumasi
on
July
9,
Dr
Opoku
Prempeh
said
among
other
things
that
no
president
of
Ghana
has
developed
the
country
more
than
President
Akufo-Addo,
not
even
Dr
Kwame
Nkrumah.
“I
can
boldly
say
that
if
the
history
of
Ghana
is
told
from
1957,
we
have
never
had
a
president
that
has
helped
Ghana
more
than
Nana
Akufo-Addo.
I
mean
from
1957,
even
including
your
Kwame
Nkrumah,
none
of
them
has
protected
Ghana
and
developed
the
country
more
than
Nana
Akufo-Addo,”
he
said
at
his
official
unveiling
event
at
the
Jubilee
Park
in
Kumasi
on
July
9,
2024.
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Dr
Opoku
Prempeh
stressed
that,
“President
Akufo-Addo
has
developed
this
country
to
the
admiration
of
all.
Therefore,
we
will
not
allow
what
happened
in
2008
to
repeat
itself.
It
will
be
most
appropriate
for
Nana
Akufo-Addo
to
hand
over
to
his
junior
brother,
Dr
Bawumia.”
But
his
comment
has
sparked
controversy
among
Ghanaians,
leading
to
the
Convention
Peoples
Party
calling
on
him
to
apologise.
The
CPP
said
“The
Convention
People’s
Party
calls
on
the
Honourable
Minister,
within
24
hours,
to
do
the
‘Honourable’
thing
for
the
sake
of
the
Country’s
image,
and
immediately
resign
from
all
Governmental
and
political
positions,
and
issue
an
immediate
apology
and
retraction.
“Failing
which
the
party
calls
on
His
Excellency
President
Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo-Addo,
to
withdraw
the
Hon.
Minister
from
his
position
as
Minister
of
Energy,
and
also
calls
on
His
Excellency
Vice
President
Dr.
Mahamudu
Bawumia
to
withdraw
him
as
his
Vice
Presidential
candidate,
for
the
sake
of
the
Country’s
image,
and
its
long
term
political
and
economic
fortunes.
Ghanaians
and
Nkrumaist’s
worldwide,
will
have
no
choice
but
to
hit
the
streets
to
register
their
displeasure
if
the
above,
or
similar
measures,
are
not
immediately
enforced
within
24
hours.
“As
the
popular
saying
goes,
“one
who
puts
on
his
armour
should
not
boast
like
one
who
takes
it
off”,
there
is
an
election
to
be
fought,
albeit
at
the
ballot
box,
and
it
would
serve
the
sitting
Government
well
to
heed
the
voice
of
the
people,
lest
their
imminent
electoral
defeat
becomes
even
worse
than
it
is
predicted
to
be.”
CPP
demands
apology
from
NAPO
for
Nkrumah-Akufo-Addo
comparison