Member of Parliament(MP) for Juaboso Constituency, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says the current social intervention measures being carried out by the Akufo-Addo government could have been avoided if the President had listen to “common sense” to close the borders, airport and enforce mandatory quarantine at the early stages of the pandemic.
According to him, even though President Akufo-Addo's interventions are commendable, it is disappointing to note that the President could not find wisdom earlier in the views shared by the Minority on some of the measures that the former is implementing now.
“Sometimes, I would have wished that you play back some of the recorded interviews I have done with you because to be honest, as human as I am, at some point in time I feel disappointed and I ask myself does this Akufo-Addo government know that wisdom cannot be found in only one person and in governance, other sensible views and opinions must be considered?” he wondered.
“ . . the government has rolled out certain mitigating policies . . . but I believe that if the government had earlier taken into consideration and implemented some of the initiatives prescribed by the opposition and others, some of the things the government is doing now would not have been necessary,” he added.
He accused the current administration of being too set in their ways and opposed to divergent views.
“When you draw the attention of the government to some of the happenings, Akufo-Addo does not listen. Inasmuch as I was among those who agitated for the government to bring back Ghanaian students in China, it is also on record that I also told the government to close the airport and if even they cannot close it, then they should ensure that all travellers through the airport are quarantined. I cited the President as an example that he and his entourage should be quarantined when they came back from Norway,” he said.
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, the Ranking Member on Parliamentary Health Committee dismissed suggestions that he was prophetic in his pronouncement, pointing out that he only spoke with a practiced eye.
“ . . this has nothing to do with prophecy if the government later implemented my suggestion to do mandatory quarantine, it simply means as my father used to say that every wise person becomes a witch because whatever they say comes to pass in the future. We have been doing this work for far too long and so sometimes it is all about experience and nothing else . . .
" . . the President failed to heed to good counsel and allowed the virus to ravage the country after crossing our borders . .
“ . . that is what is causing the community spread. The cases recorded at the quarantine centres, even if it is over 1,000, I wouldn't have any problem with it because then, it will not be in the community. Therefore it is painful that the President sat aloof, refused to listen to our advice and failed to put the proper measures in place at that appropriate time,” he opined.
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Sometimes it beats my imagination how and why such a guy can be an MP. Had we listened to his myopic thinking of evacuating students from Wuhan we would’ve been dead by now. Can’t we find a way of getting such a person from parliament? Ah!! A person such as this guy makes NDC so unattractive to some of us the youth. He seem not to reason at all.
CAN WE EVER RUN OUT OF D.U.M.M.I.E.S?
What sort of talking is this? When the president is told something, he is not obliged to implement it immediately, though he considers it. He will need other factors too to consider before he either goes ahead to implement what he is told or not. And that obviously causes delays, so Akandoh, be circumspect in making such unfounded pronouncements. And stop playing politics with the problem at hand. Have you forgotten you lost power because of "y3n tie obiaa"? And now, see you, you want to tell Ghanaians that that is what is happening here. Stop these double standards and give the president the peace he needs to deal with this crisis. Wise person indeed.
SO THIS GUY TOO IS AN MP? GOD HELP US.
And we call this honorable mp. Getting money to contest an election as mp does not mean you have wisdom respect the president wai
You are ***barred word***-ish akandoh
aden nti na akoa w)yi wa gyimi saa. Nobody will for ndc because of the progress nana Addo
This man is real lizzardd schiitttt
Ful!sh boy.... Shutt your smelling mouth. This one too is an MP? Tweaaaaa