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A Senior Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Smart Sarpong, has condemned the coup statements by some individuals criticizing the administration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

A convener of the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor is currently facing prosecution over alleged treasonable comments made by him.

Mr. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, on his Facebook, disclosed an intent to stage a coup in Ghana posting ''if this E-Levy passes after this cake bullshit, I will do the coup myself. Useless Army!''

He was arrested by the Police and charged with treason felony with the Police saying the “post contains a clear statement of intent with a possible will to execute a coup in his declaration of intent to subvert the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana”.

Discussing the issue during Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'', Dr. Smart Sarpong sermonized the coup activists to change their language emphasizing a coup is never a solution to Ghana's economic challenges.

He rather called for a collective effort by Ghanaians to develop the nation.

One of such efforts, he noted, is for the citizenry to embrace the government's contentious e-levy policy as it is better for the nation to self-fund their projects.

He further pointed out other alternatives to solving Ghana's problems for which a coup d'état is never one.

Admonishing the coup proponents, Dr. Smart Sarpong said; ''Solution is in the idea you will bring . . . so, we need solution; we don't need a soldier. We need solution. We don't need the Army! . . . Coup is never a solution!!''