President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed anger at comments made by Former President John Dramani Mahama on Facebook, describing persons pushing for the Agyapa Royalties Agreement as ‘Sakawa’.
In what appears to be a livid reaction to the post, President Nana Addo expressed his disappointment at the silence of independent public figures whom he expected would have condemned the comments of the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress.
Addressing some Catholic Bishops at the Jubilee house on Friday, the President said “this name calling and insulting, seems to be a feature of Ghanaian public life which is…but sometimes one will hope that when things come out, people will comment on them. The comment made by my opponent [Akyem Sakawa people]. I have not heard any public independent figure in this country and yourselves comment on it. It is completely unacceptable”.
He added that “if I was to get up to make comments about northerners or Gonjas, you can imagine the uproar that will be in the country. Presidential candidate? A former President of the republic of Ghana can call a group of Ghanaians being sakawa people and it involves a group which the sitting president comes? And that statement goes without comments? He questioned.
President Nana Addo asserted that the comment of the former President defeats calls for decent politics devoid of insults.
Former President Mahama shared on his Facebook wall, an opinion piece authored by Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central constituency Isaac Adongo on the ongoing conversation on the Agyapa Royalties Agreement which has widely been described as ethnocentric.
