President Nana Akufo-Addo has been “lavishly” spending state funds on suits and bow ties for his “expensive” state dinners ever since his party won power in the December 2016 elections, Chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy, has said.
“For a fact, the profligate expenditure that has surrounded all the wasteful state dinners is not the best way of protecting the public purse. On the day of inauguration alone, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government spent lavishly on three separate and very expensive state banquets and from that day it has been lavish state banquet after state banquet while innocent Ghanaians are dying on a daily basis because nurses who were given letters of employment by the NDC government have been sacked by Nana Akufo-Addo’s government under the guise that there is no money to pay their salary,” Mr Portuphy told journalists at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, 20 July.
“Is it not sheer callousness for the government to have money to be importing expensive dinner suits and bow ties from the United Kingdom, Paris and Italy and spending lavishly on state banquets while innocent people die in our hospitals because there are not enough nurses to give medical care?” Mr Portuphy asked.
He said President Akufo-Addo must know that “governance is not a tea party, governance is a very serious business meant for serious people and the current president of Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana has to get serious and govern in a more serious manner than he is currently doing”.
“Indeed, we are not surprised that in the recent botched diaspora summit, one of the participants boldly pointed out to an arrogant deputy minister of trade that the government needs to be serious and that they are not in Ghana to play,” he stated.
Source: classfmonline.com
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kofi is a nuisance to himself. i am sure the wife told him not to talk again because his senses were declining. he decided against the good judgement of the wife and spoke again, this time in public. he needs immediate psychiatric evaluation.n i am sure kofi has lost the mind.
Please Mr. Pres kindly dash two or three of your bowties to the NDC chair it seems he is now broke to the extent that he can't afford bowties!
NDC, is this what you have reduced yourself to? Do you see how everybody is laughing at your press conference and the imbeciiile things you said? NDC, you are such a diisgrace and embarrassment!!!! People who supported you are now ashamed!!!! NDC, wu y3 kwasssssshia fuuuor paaaaa!!!!
I laugh enter NDC headquarters, how much did incompetentt Mahama waisted on prostitutesss, unless the eyes didn't catch on big buttts and broad waist, it brings to mind Vicky, no wonder Rawlings has complained time and time again about this crop of executives, if this is the way you ve chosen, then you are going to rottt in opposition for so many years , Poturphy , an old man with cemetery flowers, Oooh Gosh need to restrain myself
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Such empty press conference and we give him audience. Tweaaaaa Instead of focusing on something productive by our press men and women. Asamoah Gyan donated so much to Accra Academy and yet no coverage. Unfortunately, this empty headed man announces a press conference and we hear such very unimpressive attacks on the President of the nation. Even a JHS student could have done a better critique of the president if there was one.
Kofi Portuphy, you are pointing with one knuckle while four fingers are pointing back at you! As for NDC...... Hm.
NDC,NO NO NO NO NO
Eeeeeii gyimi paaaa nice hmm.How much is bow ties.Is this the leadership of opposition party.
I'm even lost for words!!!! Is Portuphy a serious party chairman??? NO wonder he sent them to opposition. Even junior staff members of some private companies are entitled to clothing allowance.. It is so chiillldddiish for the ndc chair to spew such stuff. An expensive bow tie for our president !!!!. I can even afford to import expensive bow-ties for the president's use. Is Portuphy telling us President Akufo Addo is stealing state funds to import bow-ties to dress??? This behaviour of the ndc tells how disorganized and petty they are. If this is how they think opposition parties must behave and get everyone's attention, I'm sorry... They better get serious because they will remain in opposition for a very long time.