The Executive Director for the Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK) Think-thank, Gideon Nii Tettey Tetteh has stated that the president’s speech delivered on the Ghana- US military cooperation pact on Thursday, April 5th 2018 was poorly presented.
In his own words he described it as lacking good presentation skills.
Speaking on Ahotor FM Morning Show on Monday, 9th April, with Onantefour Addea Munumkum, Nii Tetteh stated that there has been opposing view by opposition political parties within the 4th republic but there has not been any time a president came out vociferously to ‘insult’ Ghanaians in such manner.
“The president showed us through his posture that he is power drunk within this short period and this is very disappointing” he stated
He further stated that the president through this presentation looked power drunk and also justified rumors about his intolerance to opposition and dissenting views.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday delivered a televised address on matters concerning the Ghana-US military cooperation pact. He stated that Ghana has “not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America.”
The United States of America, according to President Akufo-Addo has not made any request for such consideration and, “consistent with our established foreign policy, we will not consider any such request.
Protests
Since the defence cooperation became public, it has generated disagreements between the government and the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The NDC members said the agreement, which offered unimpeded access to and use of facilities to US forces, undermined the sovereignty of Ghana and would expose the country to danger.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, hundreds of Ghanaians led by the “Ghana First Movement” took to the streets in Accra to register their dissatisfaction with the pact.
The protestors, clad mostly in red and black attire, with red bands around their necks, wrists and heads, called on the government to withdraw the defence agreement which they considered inimical to the national interest.
They carried placards, some of which read: “Build factories, not military base”, “Why would we betray Ghana for money?”, “Ghana is bigger than $20 million”, “Insensitive government, bad deal, our lives are in danger” and “Military base attracts terrorist attacks”
Daniel Koranteng Kwagyiri|ahotoronline.com|Ghana
