If You Speak The Truth They Say You Are Arrogant NAPO

The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO), has insisted that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has performed better than Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

During a courtesy call on the paramount chief of the Wassa Amenfi Traditional Area, Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, NAPO said that he was only speaking the truth.

He bemoaned the nature of politicking in Ghana, saying that people who speak the truth are castigated while those who tell lies are glorified.

"The tenure of every politician is four years. You have supported Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and he has done all he could in this country, Ghana. I said this and people are criticising me, I said since the independence of Ghana in 1957, from Nkrumah's era to date no government has done better than the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.

"In politics, Nana, if you speak the truth, they say you are arrogant but if you tell lies people will praise you," he told Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II in the Akan language.

The NPP running mate added, "Nana I'm your son, you didn't train me with lies and fear."

Background:

The energy minister came under intense criticism after he was accused of disrespecting Dr. Kwame Nkrumah at his unveiling as the running mate of NPP flagbearer, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

NAPO, in his initial remarks at the event, asserted that it is only under the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that Ghana has not experienced hunger.

"God has blessed the NPP party. Anybody who says God has not blessed us is a liar. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the only president under whose 8 years of reign there has been no hunger, am I lying? For 8 years, there has been no hunger in Ghana," he said in the Twi dialect.

He added, "While the whole world was experiencing hunger, Ghana had food. Let us give thanks to God for what He has done for our party."