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Ashanti
Regional
Chairman
of
the
opposition
NDC,
Augustus
Andrews
Nana
Akwasi
has
asked
the
running
mate
to
the
flagbearer
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP),
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
to
render
an
unqualified
apology
to
the
Asantehene
Otumfuo
Osei
Tutu
II
as
well
as
the
family
of
Osagyefo
Dr
Kwame
Nkrumah
over
his
“your
Nkrumah”
comment.
When
addressing
a
rally
at
the
Kumasi
Jubilee
Park
on
July
9,
to
climax
his
nomination
as
the
running
mate,
Dr
Prempeh,
also
known
as
NAPO
said,
“No
president
since
independence
has
developed
Ghana
more
than
President
Akufo-Addo;
not
even
your
Kwame
Nkrumah.”
The
statement
has
attracted
a
public
bashing
with
some
critics
questioning
why
NAPO
failed
to
heed
to
Asantehene’s
advice
not
to
make
Dr
Bawumia
regret
choosing
him.
Nana
Akwasi
on
GhanAkoma
described
the
Energy
Minister’s
comment
as
disrespectful
and
arrogant.
“Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
failed
to
heed
to
the
advice
of
his
uncle
(Asantehene),
who
is
also
the
overlord
of
the
Ashanti
Kingdom
and
I
had
indication
at
the
function
that
he
paid
his
school
fees.
Three
kilometers
from
the
Manhyia
Palace
to
the
Jubilee
Park,
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
only
reinforced
the
perception
that
he
is
indeed
arrogant
by
describing
Ghana’s
first
President
in
an
arrogant
posture.”
“We
ask
that
Dr
Muhammadu
Bawumia
and
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
issue
an
unqualified
apology
to
the
Asantehene
Otumfuo
Osei
Tutu,
the
family
of
Dr
Kwame
Nkrumah,
all
the
other
former
Presidents
of
Ghana,
and
the
general
public
for
the
disrespect,
impunity
and
arrogance,”
he
urged.