Asantehene Did Not Praise Pre. Mahama, Oman Ghana Serial Callers

I recently started listening to the Oman Ghana FM Radio station morning program from London and the only thing good about this program is if you are a Nana Akuffo Addo supporter which I am one.It is a feel good program for its serial callers merchants of falsehood and rumour mongering disseminators but a vote losing program for Nana Akuffo Addo. Their favourite person for their arsenal of mass destruction of insults and condemnation is no other person than Nana Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11. What is Asantehene's crime? His perceived support of Ndc and President Mahama. Their latest attack on him is that, Asantehene gave a speech at UPS in which he praised President Mahama and said it is not the fault of President Mahama that the Economy is bad but we should blame the SSSS policy.

Folks, Asantehene never said anything like that and as a matter of fact, Asantehene even blamed the government of President Mahama for the hardship Ghanaians are going through.

Below is the speech Asantehene gave at UPS on 11 November, 2013 and nowhere did Asantehene praise President Mahama as alleged by these merchanst of falsehood. If any of thse callers want to contact me, I will leave my email address below so that we can talk about this misunderstanding as Elephant patriot family. My name is Kwame Sarpong and I am not a fake as Naa Akyaa wants her admirers to believe. I grew up at Krofuom, Kumasi where the Krofuom Police station is at right now and moved to Dichemso, Kumasi before coming to Texas a couple of decades ago, I AM FOR REAL. I don't know how a heading "Otumfuo Indicts Mahama" can be said to be a praise.





General News | 11 November 2013 Last updated at 15:45 CET 3 Comments
Ghana In Crisis –Otumfuo Indicts Mahama



The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has added his voice to numerous calls on the John Dramani Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to sit up and deliver Ghanaians from the current economic hardship.

'Although, the occasion of a special congregation has to be a happy one, I am sure no one here will dispute that the country is going through some trying moments,' he said.'From where I sit, I hear cries from farmers, workers, traders, professionals, business and captains of industry, they cannot all be wrong,' the Asantehene noted.The Asantehene said it was time to prevent the country from slipping from crisis situation to national disaster.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was speaking at a special congregation held by the University of Professional Studies (UPS) formerly Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) for him and two other distinguished personalities in Accra last Friday.The two were Edward Doe Adjaho, Speaker of Parliament and Albert Kan-Dapaah, a former Member of Parliament.Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Mr. Kan-Dapaah are both past students of IPS and they were honoured for their contribution to the development of the institute while Speaker Adjaho was honoured for his contribution to democracy in the country.

High Utility Tariff

The Asantehene said 'recent high energy tariff has brought the country face to face with the prospect of a general strike. My interactions with captains of business and industry have revealed substantial disquiet about the effect of energy cost and on the cost of doing business in Ghana and a potential hindrance to job creation.'He said that beyond energy, 'there are seemingly intractable problems around education, healthcare delivery, not to talk about the infrastructural overhang from uncompleted projects.He conceded that although every nation goes through periods of turbulence, 'it is how institutions of state manoeuvre through this turbulence that marks the difference between the stable and firmly rounded state and an unstable state.'We continue to believe that we have laid the foundation for a stable democratic state. We therefore hope that our institutions of state will rise up to the challenge to manoeuvre the ship of state through these storms. To do this, they must listen to the pain and anguish of the people they are paid to serve.Let creative minds step up the plate and find a compromise and not wait till we move from crisis to natural disaster.'

Single Spine

The Asantehene said that stakeholders' intention of establishing the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) had been good but its implementation 'has been fraught with problems.He said that the policy represents an enhancement of public sector emoluments. However, 'handling of conversion differences, premiums and various categories of allowances have led to industrial unrest and threat of strikes.'Before we embarked upon a scheme of this kind, we should have calculated the possible effects of our ability to service our debt. Is it any wonder that global rating agency should be downgrading Ghana?'

SO I ASK NANA AKYAA and her marauding serial callers to tell me where Asantehene praised Mahama in this Speech.

Justice Sarpong

(CARDINAL of TRUTH)

justicesarpong@ymail.com