Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has described the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as someone who is more anti-America than the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen on Friday, the North Tongu Member of Parliament said the first gentleman of the land has demonstrated enough character in the past to demonstrate that he is against America.
“The President accused us of opposing the deal while at the same benefiting from the largesse of America yet condemning the deal…there is enough evidence to indicate that the President is more anti-America than us…,” he said.
Ablakwa went on to read some of the reactions of President Akufo-Addo and the NPP to the decision to bring into the country, two Guatanamo Bay detainees by the Mahama administration.
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The North Tongu MP wondered if the negative reactions of the NPP at the time also indicated that Nana Addo and the NPP hated America.
President Akufo-Addo has come under a barrage of attacks for reacting ‘angrily’ to criticisms against the military deal between Ghana and the USA.
In his speech, President Akufo-Addo clarified that Ghana has “not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America.”
According to him, no such request would even have been considered by government if any had been made by the US government.
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He was rather confident that the agreement “will help enhance our defence capability, and offer an important layer of support in our common effort to protect the peace in our region.”