Global Citizens Festival: Members of Council of State should be blamed for Akufo-Addo’s humiliation – Edudzi Tameklo
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Gordon Edudzi Tameklo has said that members of the Council of State should be blamed for the humiliation suffered by the President at the Global Citizens Festival held in Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Speaking with Johnnie Hughes on the New Day show on TV3 on Monday, September 26, 2022, the Council of State failed to give President Nana Addo Dankwa Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo the needed advise to govern the country to the satisfaction of Ghanaians hence, his humiliation at the event by some participants.
“Unfortunate as the incident may be I think that persons working around the president and the managers of the current economy need to begin to pick some of these signals especially persons within the National Security.
“You cannot always tell the president what he wants to hear, the very moment a president closes his ears to all other things this is what you will have.
“This morning, with the greatest of respects, the Council of State members, they be bow down their heads, all the advisors of the president, they should bow down their heads.
“It is the kind of advise that they have been giving the president that is what has taken this country to the doldrums,” he said.
President Akufo-Addo during the event delivered a keynote address amidst jeering from the crowd.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I extend a hearty Akwaaba, our word of welcome, from a very hospitable people. To all of you, who have come from afar and wide, to our vibrant city of Accra, Ghana’s capital, to join us on this great occasion,” the President said at the event amidst the heckling.” President Akufo-Addo said at the event.
The Global Citizen Festival is the world’s longest-running global campaign calling for an end to extreme poverty.
Through the Festival, the organization brings together millions of people to amplify the message to #EndPovertyNow, and this year, in celebrating 10 Years of impacting change, the event will be split into two locations: Accra and New York.
Watch the moment Akufo-Addo was hooted during his speech