Host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana show, Paul Adom-Otchere has described the Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo as a ‘master brain’ in Parliament when he was a member of the House.
According to the Communications Consultant and Broadcast Journalist, the brilliant delivery of the three-time Presidential candidate especially regarding constitutional and legal matters during Parliamentary proceedings was a delight to watch and listen and also crucial to the course of the NPP.
The eloquent and articulate Nana Akufo Addo served as the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South for 12 years, exiting the Legislature in 2008 to pursue his Presidential ambitions.
Serving as the Minority Spokesperson on Constitutional and Legal Affairs in Parliament, Nana Akufo Addo was always heard making strong arguments on matter relating to the supreme law of the land and its rightful application.
Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr FM, Wednesday, Mr. Adom-Otchere who said he was inspired by Akufo Addo to study law recountered one of the instances in Parliament where the latter showed his exploits much to the amazement of the House.
“On this occasion Hackman Owusu Agyeman had brought a motion about the Abacha bribe which became news recently, and Hackman had asked the Speaker that the Parliament should discuss the matter and see whether they will form a committee to investigate the situation. The speaker had told Hackman that this is a newspaper allegation and he did not expect Parliament to discuss and form committees matters that newspapers had raised. The Speaker’s view sounded like a very sound view and Hackman was bastardized by the NDC and he was in very bad shape on the floor of Parliament. This was one of the few occasions that we had seen the Minority being bastardized by the Majority on intellectual point.”
He added: “So then Akufo Addo raises his hand that he had something to say, the whole Parliament went quiet because we were all wondering what he was going to say, we knew that he was a very brilliant MP but we thought this was a bad case and we didn’t know how he was going to help this one. So speaker said, tell us…what do you have to say, and then he started by saying that the matter before the House was not whether to discuss Rawlings/ Abacha bribe nor whether or not a newspaper article should be discussed or not by Parliament. By this time he had gooten everybody confused, so the Majority started shouting at him asking so what is the matter before the House and he said, it is about the Speaker, and then Justice Annan said me…Akufo Addo said yes. It is about your conduct. You are not an elected member of the House, you can’t participate in the decision as to what we should discuss or not discuss, but here you are actively participating in the decision so you are the problem. Speaker nodded and said I understand…MPs cast your votes and let’s see if the matter should be discussed or not. Of course everyone knows that the Minority walked out on the vote. That day I was impressed with the man.”
“Nana Akufo Addo was a master-brain and I think J.H Mensah relied on him significantly. I fell in love with him so much that almost every afternoon I’ll go to his Nima office, and he’ll be in the office and I just looked at the way he conducted his office affairs and of course I’ll get an exclusive for Joy FM. That was my inspiration to study law. I terribly fell in love with the man.”
He also described the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic as the best in recent times which had Justice D.F Annan as the Speaker, J.H Owusu Acheampong as the Majority Leader and J.H Mensah as the Minority Leader.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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Dear friends, let not think about ourselves only,lets think about the whole ghana, our siblings and the coming generation. we all know the NDC government is not seriously contributing to the developnment of this mother land, but because most of us Ghanaians, sorry to say just the little today makes us cheerful,it makes us not to think about tomorrow , so the truth is meaningless .PLS LETS THINK ABOUT THE TRUTH.
Is it the duty of an MP to bring development to the constituency or to make laws give us break (Marg)
And how did he use that to help build the constituency who gave him that opportunity to represent them? He was ***barred word*** to them. Let him mention just 3 things he did for them for all the 12yrs he spent there.
Your paty People love you because of sycophancy and bootlicking attitude which are the ultimate hallmarks of the NDC Party politics today.At the end of the day incompetence and non-performing Government becomes the order of today's DC-ruling Party of which Mahama is the commander in Chief. I ask myself, from what does NDC derive its confidence of winning the next election.From rigging? That would be a deadly fault and yet greed and corruption have taken the place of politcal inexpediency.
All you NDC thugs can go on with your insults and fail to see what is obvious - that Nana Addo Danquah is a brilliant lawyer, champion of democracy and a great leader. Like I learnt in my primary school, "Knowledge is Power"! No one can take Nana's achievements from him. Change beckons, I am for change.
So Paul this is brilliance? Haaabaa, lets get serious. Any casual person can make a point like this, its not out of the ordinary. You guys dont learn. I won't vote but i m pretty certain that Nana Addo will lose big time.. Hejust doesn't have it. Politics is more than just having your party guys love you. You must have a national appeal and a bit of charisma. Sorrybut Mr. Akkufo Addo doesnt have a fragment of these.
WHY HAS HE RUN AWAY FROM THE IEA AND EVEN GTV??? HAS HE LOST IT???
APUU......Ebube Jehovah..... what frog leap over its socioeconomic challenges. Was he not part of the Hipic government who built just toilets with all the HIPIC MONIES. PLEASE LET US THINK
GHANAIANS HAVE SEEN THE THE VERY COLOURFUL NPP SPECTACLES THAT PAUL ADOM IS WEARING!! NPP LOVES NANA AND GHANAIANS LOVE MAHAMA AND THE MAJORITY CARRIES THE "GOAT"!!!! NO WONDER MAHAMA HAS THE " ***barred word*** SYNDROME" WHEN IT COMES TO CRITICISM.
This is what the NDC doesn't want to hear... the man Nana Addo hold the key to Ghana's prosperity. The likes of Asiedu Nketiah think politics is "comedy" as usual but one day the scales over the eyes of the masses will be removed and NDC will be a complete history in Ghanaian politics.