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‘Some Of Us Knew Akufo-Addo Won’t Perform; It’s Not About Speaking Funny English – Murtala
The Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, says Ghanaians should be circumspect in their expectations of President Akufo-Addo to deliver a better economy.
This according to him is because Mr Akufo-Addo, even when he served as a Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, failed to effectively manage the sectors that were assigned him.
Although he admitted that it is difficult to manage government affairs, Murtala Mohammed argued that the Akufo-Addo-led administration should have performed better, considering the campaign promises it made.
In an interview on Prime Morning, Friday, the MP claimed the President has poor leadership record, which he said is manifest in the current handling of the economic hardships and the difficulties in the country.
“It was particularly instructive that you had someone who had been in government before. He was a Minister under President Kufuor’s administration and we ought to know that even at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, two ministries he served; he performed abysmally and the evidences are there.
“It’s very clear that as a Minister for Justice, we saw what happened when there were a lot of disastrous cases; cases that bother on his professionalism. He ought to have known that managing even a Ministry was difficult. His record, the verdict at the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General was a disaster and everybody knows that he lost several cases he even supervised,” Murtala Mohammed told Jay Foley.
According to him, “some of us knew that he won’t perform because I had dealt with him as the Secretary-General of the All African Students Union when he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and I’ve had several encounters with him. It is not about speaking English in a funny way; it is about delivering and it is very clear [that] we are in a disaster.”
He contended that President Akufo-Addo may have won the favour and interest of Ghanaians to lead the country due to his public speaking skills and juicy promises.
