Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, referred to as NAPO and the NPP’s 2024 Working Mate, has confronted vital criticism for his latest feedback concerning the late President John Evans Atta Mills.
Throughout a latest marketing campaign rally, NAPO made an announcement that has upset many. Whereas talking in Twi, he listed former Ghanaian presidents and referred to President Atta Mills as “the lifeless one.”
He stated: “Dr. Hilla Liman has accomplished his half, Dr. Rawlings has accomplished his half, John Agyekum Kufuor has additionally accomplished his half, the opposite one that’s lifeless, Dr. Atta Mills, additionally got here to do small.”
The clip of this assertion shortly unfold on social media, drawing widespread condemnation.
Customers on X (previously Twitter) have criticized NAPO for his alternative of phrases, describing them as deeply disrespectful.
One person remarked, “Calling the late President Mills ‘the lifeless one’ is extremely disrespectful. He must apologize for this.”
One other person added, “That is how NAPO referred to the late Prof. Mills. Should you nonetheless assume NAPO needs to be our Vice President over Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang after these insults, then it’s worthwhile to rethink.”
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This incident comes after NAPO made headlines for evaluating President Akufo-Addo’s achievements to these of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Throughout his introduction because the operating mate for NPP’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, NAPO claimed:
“Since independence from 1957 until now, no president has accomplished extra for Ghana than Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. I say from 1957 until at this time, you’ll be able to convey up Kwame Nkrumah… no president has helped Ghana and moved the nation ahead like Nana Addo.”
These latest feedback have solely added to the criticism of NAPO, elevating questions on his suitability for the Vice Presidency and highlighting ongoing considerations about respect and conduct in Ghanaian politics.
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