Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has stated that President Akufo Addo is exhibiting signs of selective amnesia because he chooses issues he wants to address and ignore.
Speaking at a press conference by the NDC, yesterday he said the President intentionally ignored the violence that characterised the voters registration exercise and claimed he had no knowledge about it.
“President Akufo-Addo looked Ghanaians in the face and told them that he’s not aware of the incidents of violence in some registration centres. Neither has he heard nor seen any of the state-sponsored intimidation, violence and harassment aimed at suppressing votes in especially NDC strongholds”
He added, “he has also not heard about the gunshot fired by his ‘Rambo’ Minister of Special Development Initiative, Hawa Koomson, at the polling station. Obviously, he is also not aware of calls for Hawa Koomson’s resignation or dismissal.”
Afriyie Ankrah insisted the President knows everything that goes on in the country but decides which one to address. A clear case was the rioting in senior high schools during their WASSCE examinations.
“Interestingly, he was quick to hear about the riot in Senior High Schools and immediately issued a directive to that effect. This is a clear symptom of selective amnesia.
“We reject President Akufo-Addo’s claims that he was unaware of the incidence of violence and the voter suppression around the country. If he claims he doesn’t know what is going on, doesn’t he watch television or listen to the radio or read newspapers? Doesn’t he tweet and make posts on Facebook every blessed day? If he doesn’t do any of all these, what happened to the routine security briefs that he gets as the Commander-in-Chief?” he quizzed.
Afriyie Ankrah added, “It is only a president who is dishonest and not God-fearing who will be telling Ghanaians, including the clergy, in the face of overwhelming evidence that he doesn’t know what is going on in this country.
“This dishonesty that has permeated his government right from his inaugural speech which he plagiarized, bringing collateral international embarrassment to the country,” he stated.
Source: GhanaFeed.com