Netizens ‘roast’ NAPO for downplaying Nkrumah’s achievement

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Social
media
users
have
reacted
to
comment
by
the
Energy
Minister
and
running
mate
to
the
NPP’s
flagbearer,
Dr.
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
alias
NAPO
during
his
official
unveiling
in
Kumasi.

At
the
rally
grounds
on
Tuesday,
July
9
shortly
after
he
was
unveiled,
Dr.
Opoku
Prempeh
while
addressing
party
supporters
touted
the
NPP’s
achievement
as
the
best
ever
under
any
government
Ghana
has
had.

He
said
no
President
including
Dr.
Kwame
Nkrumah
has
developed
Ghana
better
than
President
Akufo-Addo.

“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
in
Twi
at
his
official
unveiling
event
at
the
Jubilee
Park
in
Kumasi
on
July
9,
2024.

However,
Dr.
Opoku
Prempeh’s
comment
has
been
met
with
discontent
and
vilification
by
social
media
users.

Netizens
in
replying
to
the
statement
by
the
running
mate
to
Dr,
Bawumia
criticised
Dr.
Opoku
Prempeh
for
his
comment
and
vehemently
opposed
his
assertion.

One
user
on
X
said:
“This
is
the
arrogancy
people
are
talking
about,
why
mention
Kwame
Nkrumah?
How
many
hours
now
that
his
grandfather
has
advised
him
less
than
four
hours?
See
what
he’s
saying.
Character
is
like
a
pregnancy
one
day
it
will
come
out.”

Another
tweeted:
“Not
even
“your”
Kwame
Nkrumah.
Kasa
by-heart.”

“I
think
NAPO
should
do
the
honorable
thing
by
apologizing
to
Ghanaians
and
the
whole
of
Africa
for
speaking
that
way
against
Dr.
Kwame
Nkrumah.
Does
he
even
know
what
it
takes
to
build
a
concrete
road
from
Tema
to
Accra?
What
about
the
Akosombo
Dam?”
another
person
wrote
on
X.